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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Ginzburg summoned to a Party meeting?
(a) For having a book in her home that was published outside of Russia.
(b) For missing two meetings in a row when she was ill.
(c) For failing to denouce Trotsky strenuously enough in a recent lecture.
(d) For not denouncing Elvov.

2. How does Ginzburg describe Stalin?
(a) Ugly and repulsive.
(b) Handsome.
(c) Insane.
(d) Virile.

3. What is the maximum penalty for the crimes with which Ginzburg is charged?
(a) Death.
(b) Life imprisonment.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 10 to 30 years.

4. Why does a Chinese prisoner laugh one day during head count?
(a) One warden has trouble counting past twenty.
(b) The warden trips over a threshold.
(c) One warden continually miscounts the prisoners.
(d) One prisoner is missing a leg and says he should only count as 1/2 a person.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who summons Ginzburg?

2. What does Livanov ask Ginzburg concerning Elvov?

3. What are the sounds in the middle of the night?

4. What does Tsarevsky say about Elvov?

5. What might happen if Ginzburg makes any stops along the way to present herself for the arrest warrant?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does one prisoner do and others follow that breaks up the horror of their situation momentarily?

2. Who is Garey Sagidullin and what does Ginzburg learn from him?

3. What happens after Ginzburg is given a summation of her indictments?

4. Who summons Ginzburg after Elvov's arrest; what do they want with her, and how does she respond?

5. Describe the interrogation of Ginzburg by Livanov.

6. What is the "Conveyor Belt" interrogation method and how is it used on Ginzburg?

7. When is Ginzburg arrested and where does she tell goodbye?

8. Who is Zinaida Abramova and how is she treated at the prison?

9. What is mentioned about the Red Tatary and why does Ginzburg threaten one prisoner in French?

10. What does Alexandra Alexandrovna advise Ginzburg?

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