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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 13 Opposite the House of Sculptures.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the illness affect Yuri?
(a) The fever affects his mind.
(b) His stomach is upset.
(c) The rash irritates his skin.
(d) His aching joints cripple his movement.

2. What happens to Lara after Yuri leaves and is conscripted?
(a) Her husband forgives her affair and they resume family life.
(b) She follows Yuri into service as a field nurse.
(c) She has neither husband nor lover, and is left with only her daughter.
(d) Her husband takes her daughter away to Moscow.

3. Why does Yuri have delirious thoughts and dreams in Chapter 13?
(a) He longs to see Lara.
(b) He ate spoiled food.
(c) He is suffering from a fever.
(d) He is suffering from exhaustion.

4. Whose home does Yuri return to after escaping from his conscription?
(a) His own house.
(b) Evgraf's house.
(c) Lara's house.
(d) Uncle Nikolai's house.

5. Why does Yuri want to borrow scissors from a nearby seamstress?
(a) To trim his hair and beard.
(b) To repair his coat.
(c) To make a shirt out of the curtains in his room.
(d) To make Lara a gift.

Short Answer Questions

1. Yura is studying to be a doctor. What else does he want to achieve in this life?

2. In Chapter 13, what new information does Lara give Yuri?

3. When the Russian economy collapses, how do the citizens cope with the lack of food and supplies?

4. How does Evgraf help Yuri's family during the winter?

5. In the book, Pasternak develops a parallel between the changes occurring in Russia and what other historical event?

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