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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 14 Return to Varykino.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What eases Pamphil's symptoms?
(a) Pamphil dies and is released from his pain.
(b) Medical herbs found in the nearby countryside.
(c) Pamphil's family joins him in camp.
(d) Contraband medication Yuri has smuggled to Pamphil.

2. Where do Yura and his uncle Nikolai live first?
(a) His uncle's estate.
(b) A monastery.
(c) A hotel.
(d) England.

3. Yura is studying to be a doctor. What else does he want to achieve in this life?
(a) He wants to write a grand novel.
(b) He wants to become wealthy.
(c) He wants to teach at the University.
(d) He wants to study art.

4. How long did Yuri's affair with Lara last?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Two years.
(c) Two days.
(d) Two months.

5. What illness does Yuri see developing frequently as a result of the constant warfare?
(a) Mental illness.
(b) Typhoid.
(c) Smallpox.
(d) Measles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which other character has also lived in Mikulitsyn's house?

2. What does Yuri write in his notebook about his half brother, Evgraf?

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

4. Why does Yuri love Lara?

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

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