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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. Yura is also called what name?
(a) Yuri.
(b) Yuca.
(c) Yurinovich.
(d) Yurinski.

2. Upon the advice of her lawyer, where does Amalia Karlovna Guishar send Lara?
(a) To school.
(b) To Moscow.
(c) To the country.
(d) To England.

3. Yura is studying to be a doctor. What else does he want to achieve in this life?
(a) He wants to teach at the University.
(b) He wants to study art.
(c) He wants to become wealthy.
(d) He wants to write a grand novel.

4. What does Dr. Zhivago have published during World War I?
(a) A poem.
(b) A book.
(c) A song.
(d) An article in the most respected Russian medical journal.

5. How does the illness affect Yuri?
(a) The fever affects his mind.
(b) The rash irritates his skin.
(c) His aching joints cripple his movement.
(d) His stomach is upset.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the soldiers of the Provisional Government bayonet a young idealist after he had already been killed by a rifle shot?

2. What illness affects Yuri and most of the city in the winter?

3. What is Ivan's profession?

4. Whom does Yuri tell his wife he is working with in Meliuzeievo?

5. Several conflicts are present in the book. Which struggle best describes the conflict between the warring political parties?

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