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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 5 - 6 Farewell to the Old and The Moscow Encampment.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In chapter one, Yura's father jumps from which type of vehicle?
(a) A truck.
(b) An airplane.
(c) A bus.
(d) A train.

2. What type of school is set up in Yuri and Tonia's house?
(a) An officer training school.
(b) An agricultural school.
(c) A medical school.
(d) An elementary school.

3. When the Russian economy collapses, which two political groups begin to fight for power?
(a) The Bolsheviks and the Marxists.
(b) The Provisional Government and the Bolsheviks.
(c) The Provisional Government and the Socialists.
(d) The Provisional Government and the Communists.

4. Yura is studying to be a doctor. What else does he want to achieve in this life?
(a) He wants to become wealthy.
(b) He wants to study art.
(c) He wants to teach at the University.
(d) He wants to write a grand novel.

5. The book begins with what type of scene?
(a) A funeral.
(b) A party.
(c) A wedding.
(d) A demonstration.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Yuri tell his wife he is working with in Meliuzeievo?

2. Upon the advice of her lawyer, where does Amalia Karlovna Guishar send Lara?

3. Why did the soldiers of the Provisional Government bayonet a young idealist after he had already been killed by a rifle shot?

4. Who joins Dr. Zhivago at the front line to tend wounded soldiers?

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

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