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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 7 Train to the Urals.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to four of the conscripted workers one night as Yuri and his companions enter the mountains on their way to Varykino?
(a) The soldiers shoot the workers for sport.
(b) The workers begin to show signs of typhoid.
(c) The workers escape.
(d) The workers are beaten for complaining about the poor food rations.

2. What does Lara do when Pasha joins the Russian army?
(a) She works in her mother's bakery.
(b) She becomes a nurse.
(c) She becomes a teacher.
(d) She becomes a secretary.

3. What is the name of the independent republic that Blazheiko sets up and backs with a force of deserters from the 212th Infantry?
(a) Yuriatin.
(b) Leningrad.
(c) Novgorod.
(d) Zybushino.

4. Why does Yuri believe that Varykino would be a good place to resettle his family?
(a) Yuri's uncle Nikolai now lives in Varykino and is willing to help the family.
(b) Yuri has heard that Varykino is in desperate need of a physician.
(c) Yuri hopes the townspeople will help his family because he gave medical aid to an important member of the town during World War I.
(d) Yuri hopes the townspeople will help his family because his father once owned property and a factory in Varykino.

5. Who joins Dr. Zhivago at the front line to tend wounded soldiers?
(a) Misha Gordon.
(b) Pasha Antipov.
(c) Ivan Ivanovi.
(d) Amalia Guishar.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 1, why is Madame Guishar offended?

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

3. What are Yuri's primary concerns during the winter?

4. Where do Lara and Pasha live in the beginning of their marriage?

5. With which political group does Yuri side?

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