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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 17 The Poems of Yuri Zhivago.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who joins Dr. Zhivago at the front line to tend wounded soldiers?
(a) Pasha Antipov.
(b) Amalia Guishar.
(c) Ivan Ivanovi.
(d) Misha Gordon.

2. What is explained in Yuri's poem "Explanation"?
(a) Why he became a doctor.
(b) Why he must join the Red Army.
(c) Why he must cause Lara grief by breaking up with her.
(d) Why he must justify his relationship with Lara.

3. What form of government does the new ruling party in October first establish?
(a) A Marxist party.
(b) A Socialist union.
(c) A dictatorship of the proletariat.
(d) A Communist regime.

4. What prediction does Commissar Strelnikov make during his meeting with Yuri?
(a) He predicts that they will meet again.
(b) He predicts that Germany will invade Russia again.
(c) He predicts that Yuri will die as an old man in his bed.
(d) He predicts that Yuri will become a famous poet and author.

5. What is Strelnikov's secret identity?
(a) Strelnikov is actually Yuri's uncle, Nikolai.
(b) Strelnikov is actually Lara's husband, Pasha.
(c) Strelnikov is actually Ivan Ivanovich.
(d) Strelnikov is actually Yuri's half brother, Evgraf.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Yuri have delirious thoughts and dreams in Chapter 13?

2. Tonia tells Gordon and Dudorov a story about having to leave Mongolia with her mother. Why did she and her mother have to leave so suddenly?

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

4. Which character probably represents Yuri in the poem, "Bad Roads in Spring"?

5. In October, which political group wins the fight and establishes political power?

(see the answer key)

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