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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 does Yuri go to the town of Yuriatin?
(a) To gather medical supplies.
(b) To administer vaccinations.
(c) To read books in the public library.
(d) To visit an old friend.

2. During the Presnia uprising, which character meets and falls in love with Lara?
(a) Nikolai.
(b) Pasha.
(c) Kamarovsky.
(d) Yura.

3. What happens to Lara after Yuri leaves and is conscripted?
(a) Her husband takes her daughter away to Moscow.
(b) She follows Yuri into service as a field nurse.
(c) Her husband forgives her affair and they resume family life.
(d) She has neither husband nor lover, and is left with only her daughter.

4. What is the name of the independent republic that Blazheiko sets up and backs with a force of deserters from the 212th Infantry?
(a) Leningrad.
(b) Zybushino.
(c) Novgorod.
(d) Yuriatin.

5. 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) They wanted to make sure he was really dead.
(d) He moved his arm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the man who now runs the estate once owned by Yuri's father?

2. The book begins with what type of scene?

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

4. In his notebook, Yuri comments on the poetry of Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin. What elements of Pushkin's poetry does Yuri consider important?

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

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