One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch (Signet Classics)

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich Quizzes

by Alexander Solzhenitsyn

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich Quiz 1

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

  • two hours
  • sixty minutes
  • ninety minutes
  • thirty minutes

2. Who is the guard who punishes Shukhov for sleeping past reveille?

  • "One-and-a-half" Ivan
  • The Tartar
  • Tiurin
  • Vdovushkin

3. What is the number of Shukhov's squad?

  • 75th
  • 102nd
  • 400th
  • 104th

4. What is Shukhov's prisoner identification number?

  • P 802
  • P 508
  • S 509
  • S 854

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 are seen alone, not in a group
  • Those who count on doctors to pull them through
  • Those who lick other men's leftovers

6. Which of the following are not a type of footwear Shukhov has worn in his years in camp?

  • Leather boots
  • Valenki
  • Chetezes
  • Magara

7. What does Shukhov keep hidden in his boots?

  • A spoon
  • A needle
  • His bread ration
  • Pages copied from the Bible

8. A "fight is on" between an outdoor temperature of what and Shukhov's body temperature of what?

  • -17 and +99 degrees
  • -41 and +102 degrees
  • -27 and +100 degrees
  • -20 and +98.5 degrees

9. Which of the following times of a man's day in the camp does Solzhenitsyn not describe as a time of freedom?

  • Over meals
  • Between reveille and roll call
  • Sleeping
  • Waiting for the doctor

10. What "dream" of respite from working on the "Socialist Way of Life" settlement does Shukhov entertain in the morning before roll call?

  • Being ill for two or three weeks, fed on nothing but clear soup
  • Return to the days of fighting on the front of the war
  • A job like Vdovushkin's, writing poetry and working indoors
  • Three days of penalty with work‹hot food and no time to think

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