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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Chapter 21, Orphans Twice Over | Part I, Chapter 22, Tukhachevsky and Others.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sagidullin think is the reason for the current purge?
(a) To trim the party, which had stopped being such an elite organization.
(b) To kill off anyone that might challenge Stalin.
(c) To get Stalin's cronies into all the important positions in the government.
(d) There does not seem to be a reason for it.

2. Why is Nina in prison?
(a) Her brother denounced Stalin and Nina does not report him.
(b) For failing to denounce someone who denounces Stalin.
(c) Her mother said negative things about Stalin.
(d) Her boyfriend is in a conspiracy group.

3. What is Ginzburg told about her husband?
(a) He has hired a good lawyer.
(b) He has also been arrested.
(c) He is divorcing her.
(d) He has disowned her.

4. What news does Ginzburg get one day in a singing message?
(a) Her husband has been arrested.
(b) Her son is dead.
(c) Her mother is dead.
(d) Her mother has been arrested.

5. How does Ginzburg view the hearings against her and others?
(a) Corrupt and hypocritical.
(b) Honest but flawed.
(c) They are conducted by incompetent judges.
(d) Self-serving.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the so-called method when Ginzburg is harshly interrogated by uninterrupted interrogation with different interrogators?

2. What does Vevers use frequently?

3. For how long does this form of interrogation last?

4. What does Ginzburg call her mother-in-law?

5. Who is Lyama Shepel?

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