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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Chapter 25, Introduction to Butyrki | Part I, Chapter 26, The Whole of the Comintern.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Natasha reveal about the Gestapo?
(a) They are in league with Stalin's secret police.
(b) She worked for the Gestapo before coming to this prison.
(c) They have the same forms of torture as the Communists.
(d) They are actually more humane than the Communists.

2. How long does the second round of interrogations last?
(a) 5 days.
(b) 1 day.
(c) Six weeks.
(d) Three hours.

3. How old is the youngest woman in the cell with Ginzburg?
(a) 13.
(b) 26.
(c) 16.
(d) 23.

4. Who is Comrade Beylin?
(a) The head of the local GPU.
(b) Stalin's son-in-law and head of the Foreign Propaganda office.
(c) A doctor who gives Ginzburg a slip saying she was ill.
(d) The new Chariman of the Bureau of Party Political Control.

5. How does Stalin label sections of the book that Elvov writes?
(a) Minimalism.
(b) Very accurate.
(c) Trotsykyist.
(d) Full of errors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Ginzburg, Rimma, Ira and Julia discover?

2. Who is Captain Vevers?

3. How does Ginzburg view the hearings against her and others?

4. Who agonizes over the hearing on Ginzburg?

5. How long after her hearing is Ginzburg arrested?

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