WorksheetsOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (S.1 - S. 7)
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is the Soviet labor camp called?
104
The Soviety Story
Pevek
HQ Bratva
Who are the zeks?
guards
a yeti-like snow bear from frozen Siberia
prisoners
Siberian locals
What has rubbed off of Shukhov's jacket?
The water-repellant coating that keeps him dry
The striped pattern ubiquitous to prison uniforms
The mojo that protects Shukhov from snow demons
His prisoner number
What does Volkovoy's name mean in Russian? (He is one of the guards).
Waterman
Wolf-like
Sneaky
Assassin
What does Shukhov remember Volkovoy using to punish a prisoner who fell out of line?
a cat o' nine tails
a rusty chain
a wooden club
a braided leather leash
What is a kolkhoz, where Shukhov's wife works?
a collective farm
a hippie commune
a Soviet ministry building
a bakery that makes khleb
Shukhov does not want to stoop to ___, which would allow him to get a carpet-dyeing job upon leaving prison.
theft
bribery
murder
arson
What do Shukhov and Kildigs go to find to help make the building warm -- while on work detail?
vodka, just to make it feel warmer
wood for the potbelly stove
oriental style rugs
a roll of tar paper to cover the window
What was Shukhov's so-called crime?
matricide
political dissent
spying
arson
Where were two of the "stoolies" (informers) killed?
in their beds
in the woods
in the latrine
in the shower
What is checked -- and mentioned -- repeatedly during the novel
the temperature
the radio connection between the camp and Moscow
the prisoners' teeth
the camp code of conduct, delineating inmate and guard behaviors
Through clever deception, what does Shukhov manage to get for the gang?
fresh fruit
double rations
coffee
a day off from the work detail
What film is Tsezar passionately defending when Shukhov finds him?
Alexander the Great
Evan Almighty
Ivan the Terrible
Jude the Obscure
To which class does Tyurin's family belong?
first class
wealthy class
homeless, untouchable class
Rich peasant class
As Tyurin is speaking, what does Shukhov beg his Estonian friend for?
a cigarette
a shot of vodka
a piece of bread
a seat beside the stove
Tyurin gave his younger brother to ___ to get a shot at a better life.
a foster family
the Russian Orthodox Church
the Stalin Youth
a gang of roughnecks
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn also wrote _______________________, considered one of the most important books that contributed to the eventual fall of the USSR.
The Gulag Archipelago
Crime and Punishment
The Soviet Story
Global Issues: How to Make Them, How to Present Them.
Which of the following nationalities is not mentioned among the inmates of Camp 104?
Latvian
Estonian
Hungarian
Ukranian
Why is Shukhov referred to as Scha-854?
This robs him of his humanity.
Because he is a droid.
That is actually his real name; Russian peasants commonly used numbers when naming their sons.
It is just a typo in our pdf copy of the novel.
Why "One Day in the Life ..."?
gives the reader or viewer the sense of a typical day in the life of the subject
depicts the routine events of the life of the subject
communicates complexities and horrors present in a single day will be multiplied, accrued and accumulated with the passing of time
all of the other answers provide a valid-- albeit incomplete-- answer.
