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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. Where do Lara and Pasha live in the beginning of their marriage?
(a) Moscow.
(b) Yuriatin.
(c) Petrograd.
(d) Leningrad.

2. Which element of nature does Yuri describe as: "Makes the country house and the forest rock . . . so that in its desolation / It may find words to fashion a lullaby for you."
(a) Wind.
(b) Sunshine.
(c) Snow.
(d) Rain.

3. Why did the soldiers of the Provisional Government bayonet a young idealist after he had already been killed by a rifle shot?
(a) They were angry.
(b) They wanted to make sure he was really dead.
(c) He moved his arm.
(d) He spoke to them.

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

5. The book begins with what type of scene?
(a) A funeral.
(b) A demonstration.
(c) A wedding.
(d) A party.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the spring, Yuri's half brother, Evgraf, brings a sick peasant in for treatment. What is Yuri's diagnosis?

2. Why does Lara leave the front line and return to Moscow?

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

4. What symptoms does the soldier Pamphil complain of?

5. What part of life in Varykino does Yuri enjoy the most?

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