The Hero in Solzhenitsyn's One Day in the Life of Ivan

question 53

Multiple Choice

The hero in Solzhenitsyn's One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

• A)is killed during a rebellion against the prison system.
• B)endures the hardships of the labor camp.
• C)decides that life is not worth living and commits suicide.
• D)renounces Marxism and is executed for his thought crime.

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