Why Did Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's One Day in the Life of Ivan

question 19

Multiple Choice

Why did Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich create such a sensation when it was published in 1962?

• A)It showed how a low-level Soviet official was tempted to misuse his power for personal gain.
• B)It portrayed in grim detail life in a Stalinist concentration camp.
• C)It exposed the sordid activities of a petty criminal, a type that was not supposed to exist in a socialist society.
• D)It presented a vivid picture of the future in which the Soviet system had triumphed completely.

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