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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 does Lara insist Yuri do when he recovers from his illness?
(a) Register with the new government.
(b) Return to his family.
(c) Stay with her.
(d) Stay in hiding until the spring.

2. Why was Yura poor?
(a) Yura's father was on strike.
(b) Yura's father had squandered the family fortune.
(c) The government had taken all their posessions.
(d) Yura's father could not find work.

3. Who helps Yuri during his illness in the winter?
(a) His friend Maxim.
(b) His uncle Nikolai.
(c) His friend Lara.
(d) His half brother Evgraf.

4. In the book, Pasternak develops a parallel between the changes occurring in Russia and what other historical event?
(a) The conquests of the Vikings.
(b) The death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
(c) The fall of the Roman Empire.
(d) The fall of Adam and Eve.

5. In the first chapter, many workers protest working conditions by leaving their jobs. What word is used in the book to describe that type of protest?
(a) Demonstration.
(b) Hit.
(c) Strike.
(d) Recession.

Short Answer Questions

1. What suspicion do Lara and Yuri have about Mikulitsyn's house?

2. Whom does Yuri discover lying dead in the snow outside Mikulitsyn's house?

3. What does Lara blame for Pasha's abandonment of her?

4. In Part 2, Chapter 14, who annoys Yuri and Lara with his return to Yuriatin?

5. The members of the rebellion desire what form of government?

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