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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 offers to help Yuri and Lara leave Yuriatin?
(a) Strelnikov.
(b) Uncle Nikolai.
(c) Pasha.
(d) Komarovsky.

2. How do some of the villagers reconstruct their roofs?
(a) They use turf for roofing.
(b) They cover their roofs with tarps from old army trucks.
(c) They use shingles from an old government building for roofing.
(d) They use sheets of old metal for roofing.

3. 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) Strike.
(b) Demonstration.
(c) Recession.
(d) Hit.

4. What is the title of the poem that Yuri writes about someone he calls "darling," probably Tonia, who was "born in Kursk"?
(a) Blue Moon.
(b) White Night.
(c) Two At A Window.
(d) Darling Mine.

5. Why do Lara and Yuri leave Yuriatin so suddenly?
(a) They discover that their houseguest is a spy.
(b) Lara hears a rumor that the Executive Committee plans to arrest her and Yuri.
(c) The rat infestation in their house becomes unbearable.
(d) They hear that there are good jobs available in Moscow.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What stage of development does Pogorevshikh believe is a necessary for Russia's political development?

3. While Yuri is serving as a conscripted as a field doctor, how many times does he attempt escape?

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

5. Yura is also called what name?

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