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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 3 - 4 The Sventitsky's Christmas Party and The Hour of the Inevitable.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Lara leave the front line and return to Moscow?
(a) Lara learns that her mother is dying.
(b) She is offered a job at the hospital in Moscow.
(c) Pasha's tour of duty is over.
(d) She thinks that Pasha is dead.

2. How does Lara plan to end her affair with Komarovsky?
(a) She plans to tell him over dinner.
(b) She plans to shoot him.
(c) She plans to run away.
(d) She plans to tell him in a letter.

3. During the Presnia uprising, which character meets and falls in love with Lara?
(a) Kamarovsky.
(b) Pasha.
(c) Nikolai.
(d) Yura.

4. Lara's mother, Amalia Karlovna Guishar, takes over what type of shop?
(a) A bakery shop.
(b) A grocery shop.
(c) A dress shop.
(d) A shoe shop.

5. Who seduces Lara when she is 16?
(a) Vedeniapin.
(b) Duplyanka.
(c) Zhivago.
(d) Komarovsky.

Short Answer Questions

1. While Lara works as a housewife and teaches at the gymnasium, what does Pasha do?

2. What is Ivan's profession?

3. Why does Lara consider herself to be a bad person?

4. What does Dr. Zhivago have published during World War I?

5. Why does Dr. Zhivago leave the front line and return to the hospital?

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