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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. After her affair with Komarovsky ends, whom does Lara marry?
(a) Misha.
(b) Pasha.
(c) Nikolai.
(d) Yura.

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

3. In the book, Pasternak develops a parallel between the changes occurring in Russia and what other historical event?
(a) The conquests of the Vikings.
(b) The fall of the Roman Empire.
(c) The fall of Adam and Eve.
(d) The death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

4. 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 Communists.
(d) The Provisional Government and the Socialists.

5. Where do Lara and Pasha live in the beginning of their marriage?
(a) Yuriatin.
(b) Petrograd.
(c) Leningrad.
(d) Moscow.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lara and Pasha have a daughter. What is the child's name?

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

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

4. When Yura and his uncle live in a house owned by the Gromekos, which character also lives in the house?

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

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