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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 8 - 9 Arrival and Varykino.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 personal freedoms versus the common good.
(d) The struggle of order versus chaos.

2. 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.

3. Why does Dr. Zhivago leave the front line and return to the hospital?
(a) The hospital offers him a promotion.
(b) He cannot stand the gruesome nature of war.
(c) He is wounded by a shell explosion.
(d) He returns to treat the wounded Lara.

4. Why did the soldiers of the Provisional Government bayonet a young idealist after he had already been killed by a rifle shot?
(a) He spoke to them.
(b) They were angry.
(c) He moved his arm.
(d) They wanted to make sure he was really dead.

5. While traveling to Varykino, who travels with Yuri and his family?
(a) A mixture of professionals, conscripted workers, and peasants.
(b) A platoon of soldiers.
(c) A group of government officials.
(d) Uncle Nikolai.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Yuri believe that Varykino would be a good place to resettle his family?

2. What physical handicap does political leader Maxim Aristarkhovich Klintsov-Pogorevshikh have?

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

4. At the end of Chapter 1, why is Madame Guishar offended?

5. Where do Yura and his uncle Nikolai live first?

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