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

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

3. 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.

4. At the end of Chapter 1, why is Madame Guishar offended?
(a) Her seamstresses have gone on strike.
(b) Lara has insulted her.
(c) There is no fresh produce in the city.
(d) Her bakery can no longer receive flour.

5. Why does Yuri love Lara?
(a) She arouses a new passion in him.
(b) She has pretty eyes.
(c) They like the same authors.
(d) She is wonderful cook and Yuri feels at home with her.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What color represents the Marxist army?

3. Why was Yura poor?

4. With which political group does Yuri side?

5. Commissar Strelnikov asks Yuri questions about his military service and destination. With which political group is Strelnikov associated?

(see the answer key)

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