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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 are Yuri's primary concerns during the winter?
(a) Having enough money for tobacco and liquor.
(b) Having enough patients for his practice.
(c) Having enough food and fuel to survive.
(d) Having enough books and paper for the students.

2. What color represents the Marxist army?
(a) Red.
(b) Black.
(c) White.
(d) Blue.

3. 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 workers begin to show signs of typhoid.
(b) The workers are beaten for complaining about the poor food rations.
(c) The soldiers shoot the workers for sport.
(d) The workers escape.

4. What happens to Yura in the gardens of the Duplyanka estate?
(a) He sees his family.
(b) He argues with his uncle.
(c) He faints.
(d) He writes his first poem.

5. Several conflicts are present in the book. Which struggle best describes the conflict between the warring political parties?
(a) The struggle of capitalism versus communalism.
(b) The struggle of territory versus common property.
(c) The struggle of order versus chaos.
(d) The struggle of personal freedoms versus the common good.

Short Answer Questions

1. What form of government does the new ruling party in October first establish?

2. How do Yuri and his family finance their trip to Varykino?

3. During Yuri's trip to Varykino, which group succeeds in taking control of the northern mountains?

4. What prediction does Commissar Strelnikov make during his meeting with Yuri?

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

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