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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 15 Conclusion.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What are Yuri's primary concerns during the winter?
(a) Having enough patients for his practice.
(b) Having enough food and fuel to survive.
(c) Having enough money for tobacco and liquor.
(d) Having enough books and paper for the students.

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

4. Why does Yuri agree to follow Lara in Komarovsky's sleigh?
(a) Because he does not have enough money to buy a train ticket.
(b) In order to follow Lara to their new home.
(c) In order to convince Lara to leave for a safer area.
(d) Because they will use the sleigh to haul medical supplies.

5. What happens to Yuri on the trolley?
(a) He is arrested.
(b) He has a heart attack and dies.
(c) He is mugged by another passenger.
(d) He meets Lara, and they leave town together.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom do Lara and Yuri learn they share as a common nemesis?

2. What prediction does Commissar Strelnikov make during his meeting with Yuri?

3. In the book, Pasternak develops a parallel between the changes occurring in Russia and what other historical event?

4. What does Lara insist Yuri do when he recovers from his illness?

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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