One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich Quizzes

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich Quiz 1

1 How much time is there between reveille and roll call?
thirty minutes

sixty minutes

ninety minutes

two hours
2 Who is the guard who punishes Shukhov for sleeping past reveille?
Vdovushkin

Tiurin

The Tartar

"One-and-a-half" Ivan
3 What is the number of Shukhov's squad?
400th

104th

102nd

75th
4 What is Shukhov's prisoner identification number?
P 508

S 854

P 802

S 509
5 Which of the following types of men does Kuziomin not say don't make it in camp?
Those who squeal on their buddies

Those who lick other men's leftovers

Those who are seen alone, not in a group

Those who count on doctors to pull them through
6 Which of the following are not a type of footwear Shukhov has worn in his years in camp?
Chetezes

Valenki

Leather boots

Magara
7 What does Shukhov keep hidden in his boots?
His bread ration

A spoon

Pages copied from the Bible

A needle
8 A "fight is on" between an outdoor temperature of what and Shukhov's body temperature of what?
-41 and +102 degrees

-20 and +98.5 degrees

-17 and +99 degrees

-27 and +100 degrees
9 Which of the following times of a man's day in the camp does Solzhenitsyn not describe as a time of freedom?
Between reveille and roll call

Over meals

Waiting for the doctor

Sleeping
10 What "dream" of respite from working on the "Socialist Way of Life" settlement does Shukhov entertain in the morning before roll call?
Return to the days of fighting on the front of the war

Three days of penalty with workhot food and no time to think

A job like Vdovushkin's, writing poetry and working indoors

Being ill for two or three weeks, fed on nothing but clear soup
11 Where is Shukhov's squad assigned to work on that day?
The power plant

The Socialist Way of Life settlement

The wood processing factory

The new club
12 What does Tsezar's cigarette seem to mean to Shukhov?
Nothing. He refuses to lower himself like Fetiukov and smoke another' man's cigarette.

Protection from the wind. The cigarette represents warmth from the winds he cannot escape.

It brings him near tears, for the cigarette is a reminder of his former life and the pleasures he no longer enjoys.

The cigarette means more than freedom itself. All his longings concentrate themselves in that cigarette butt.
13 Why does the narrator say Volkovi was appropriately named?
Volk means overseer in Russian.

Volk means people in Russian.

Volk means wolf in Russian.

Volk means bastard in Russian.
14 That morning, what do the guards search the prisoners for?
Bread

Underclothing

Knives

Letters
15 Why is Buinovsky sentenced to ten days in the guardhouse?
He attacks a guard after being caught with an extra vest .

He says the guards are not behaving like communists and argues about criminal code.

He is caught with contraband bread and suspected of planning to escape.

He takes a step to the right when the column marches, disobeying the "morning prayer."
16 What does Shukhov decide to think about on the march to the work site to keep his mind off his empty stomach?
What his work assignment will be for the day

The bread he has hidden in his mattress

The letter he will write to his family

Whether or not Buinovsky will be actually so severely punished
17 When did Shukhov leave home?
June 23, 1941

July 14, 1940

October 4, 1941

December 24, 1940
18 What do the men from Shukhov's home village do for work, rather than working on the kolkhoz?
Harvesting hay

Painting carpets

Carpentering

Making osier baskets
19 How did Shukhov first meet Tiurin?
They entered this camp on the same day.

They both come from Estonia.

They served in the same squadron during WWII.

They both were interned at the Ust-Izhma camp.
20 What advice does Senka offer Buinovsky as the men wait to begin work in the morning?
He tells him that good men never give or take bribes, in the outside world or in camp.

He tells him not to show his pride so much and then he will avoid punishment.

He advises him not to collect used cigarette butts because he will get a syphilitic lip.

He warns that those who lick others bowls or squeal on others won't make it throw the camp.
21 Which of the following people do Kilgas and Shukhov not worry about catching them swiping the roofing felt?
Shkuropatenko

The watchtower guards

Der

The superintendent
22 Why, according to the narrator, do the prisoners work so hard and wear themselves out during their sentences in the camps?
Other prisoners will slit their throats in their bunks if they don't keep up with their squad.

The entire squad's rations depend on accomplishing their work order, so the men egg each other on.

Work is the only thing a prisoner can take pride in, so most work hard to keep busy.

They'll be beaten and made an example of by prison guards if they don't finish their allotted task.
23 According to a new Soviet decree, what time is it when the sun is highest in the sky?
One o'clock.

Noon.

Two o'clock.

Eleven o'clock.
24 For what crime was Shukhov convicted and sentenced to the camps?
Mutiny.

Desertion.

Theft.

High treason.
25 So far, how many years out of how long a sentence has Shukhov served?
He has served seven years out of an eight year sentence.

He has served eight years out of a ten year sentence.

He has served ten years out of a twenty-five year sentence.

He has served ten years out of a twenty year sentence.

Write a short note on "Gulag" prison camps? Why were they established in the first place?

Gulag prison camps were established to isolate and eliminate dissenters of the Communist Party.

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How many years in prison is lvan expected to serve, and how many has he served?

Ivan is expected to serve eight years and actually serves four.

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Why did the author choose to write a work of fiction in order to share his Gulag experience with an audience? Why not nonfiction?

Writing the book as a memoir of his own experiences would have been dangerous and likely have cost the author his life. Even at the time of publication, releasing the book put Solzhenitsyn's life in danger.

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