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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. What illness affects Yuri and most of the city in the winter?
(a) Typhus.
(b) Measles.
(c) Smallpox.
(d) Influenza.

2. Which character does Lara treat in the hospital?
(a) Pasha.
(b) Sasha.
(c) Dr. Zhivago.
(d) The handsome young soldier.

3. What form of government does the new ruling party in October first establish?
(a) A Communist regime.
(b) A Socialist union.
(c) A dictatorship of the proletariat.
(d) A Marxist party.

4. Several conflicts are present in the book. Which struggle best describes the conflict between the warring political parties?
(a) The struggle of personal freedoms versus the common good.
(b) The struggle of territory versus common property.
(c) The struggle of order versus chaos.
(d) The struggle of capitalism versus communalism.

5. What color represents the Marxist army?
(a) Black.
(b) Red.
(c) White.
(d) Blue.

Short Answer Questions

1. Commissar Strelnikov asks Yuri questions about his military service and destination. With which political group is Strelnikov associated?

2. During his journey to Varykino, Yuri realizes he knows the leader of one of the powerful political forces in Russia. Which political force does Galiullin lead?

3. Why does Lara leave the front line and return to Moscow?

4. How long did Yuri's affair with Lara last?

5. Where does fighting begin in the 1917 Russian revolution?

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