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

2. The leaders of the Russian government are called by this name.
(a) Marxists.
(b) Kings.
(c) Communists.
(d) Tsars.

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

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

5. Why was Yura poor?
(a) Yura's father could not find work.
(b) The government had taken all their posessions.
(c) Yura's father had squandered the family fortune.
(d) Yura's father was on strike.

Short Answer Questions

1. After watching a worker's demonstration, what job does Pasha Antipov want?

2. After returning to Moscow from Meliuzeievo, what does Yuri learn about his uncle, Nikolai Nikolaievich?

3. Who helps Yuri during his illness in the winter?

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

5. When the Russian economy collapses, which two political groups begin to fight for power?

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