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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. How do Yuri and his family finance their trip to Varykino?
(a) The family gathers together items to sell or use for barter.
(b) Yuri finds work in one of the few remaining factories.
(c) The family works together in a factory.
(d) Yuri's uncle Nikolai sends them money for tickets.

2. 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.

3. Which character does Lara treat in the hospital?
(a) Dr. Zhivago.
(b) Sasha.
(c) The handsome young soldier.
(d) Pasha.

4. What does Commissar Strelnikov believe everyone must do during the Russian Civil War?
(a) Everyone should be prepared for the hardships of war.
(b) People should use their rations wisely.
(c) Everyone must choose a side.
(d) People should help each other.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With which political group does Yuri side?

2. What does Yuri tell Commissar Strelnikov he wants out of life?

3. What is Ivan's profession?

4. While traveling to Varykino, who travels with Yuri and his family?

5. Yuri discovers that Lara has been reading books about which political philosophy?

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