One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich: Study Help: Quiz

1: Ivan tries to pass on some of his knowledge to his surrogate son,

a. Buynovsky

b. Gopchik

c. Stepan

d. Pavlo

2: In this story, Solzhenitsyn uses a variation of a traditional Russian narrative form called the

a. kolkhoz

b. skaz

c. rasskaz

d. povest

3: To Ivan, God is revealed in

a. nature

b. music

c. prayer

d. physical suffering

4: Ivan's furious, focused work on the brick wall

a. reveals his obsessive-compulsive disorder

b. represents his desperate desire to wall off destitution

c. reaffirms his worth as a human being in spite of his inhuman living conditions

d. restores his standing among the prison's rank and file

5: Prisoner Y-81 is the alter-ego of the future for

a. Big Ivan

b. Senka

c. Caesar

d. Ivan

6: After serving his full eight-year (plus one month) sentence for "counterrevolutionary activity," Solzhenitsyn was released

a. whereupon he moved to the United States

b. but was forced to live in Siberia

c. but was imprisoned again, this time on trumped-up charges

d. whereupon he settled down in Moscow

7: The pride that the Russian rural population once had in quality craftsmanship

a. remains unchanged today

b. has been replaced with pride in providing quality services

c. has given way to the desire to make easy money with cheap commercial products

d. is now shared by urban dwellers

8: Why do camp rules forbid prisoners from wearing extra clothing even in sub-zero weather?

a. To thwart prisoners from wearing civilian clothing under the camp uniforms and attempting escape

b. To keep all things equal -- some prisoners do not have extra clothing to wear

c. To reduce the amount of dirty clothing sent to the prison laundry

d. So that prison guards could keep any extra clothing and sell it on the black market

9: Who said the following: "Wherever the law is, crime can be found?"

a. Tolstoy

b. Solzhenitsyn

c. Dostoevsky

d. Chekhov

10: Who said the following: The novel "unburdens our mind of things thus far unspoken [and] thereby strengthens and ennobles us?"

a. Tvardovsky

b. Khrushchev

c. Lenin

d. Tyurin

11: Who said the following, referring to Stalin: " . . . that old bastard in Moscow with the mustache [who] wouldn't give a damn about his own brother?"

a. A guard

b. The Captain

c. The Thin Tartar

d. A prisoner

12: Who said the following: "What was the point of telling them what gang you worked in and what your boss was like?"

a. Ivan

b. Tyurin

c. Fetyukov

d. Kuzyomin

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