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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Yuri and his family finance their trip to Varykino?
(a) The family works together in a factory.
(b) Yuri's uncle Nikolai sends them money for tickets.
(c) Yuri finds work in one of the few remaining factories.
(d) The family gathers together items to sell or use for barter.

2. What part of life in Varykino does Yuri enjoy the most?
(a) The opportunity to help his patients.
(b) The physical labor of chores.
(c) The time spent with his family.
(d) The time he has to write poetry.

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

4. Why does Yuri believe that Varykino would be a good place to resettle his family?
(a) Yuri hopes the townspeople will help his family because his father once owned property and a factory in Varykino.
(b) Yuri hopes the townspeople will help his family because he gave medical aid to an important member of the town during World War I.
(c) Yuri has heard that Varykino is in desperate need of a physician.
(d) Yuri's uncle Nikolai now lives in Varykino and is willing to help the family.

5. How does Lara plan to end her affair with Komarovsky?
(a) She plans to tell him in a letter.
(b) She plans to run away.
(c) She plans to tell him over dinner.
(d) She plans to shoot him.

6. What does Yuri write in his notebook about his half brother, Evgraf?
(a) He does not feel he can trust his brother.
(b) He wonders if Tonya is in love with Evgraf.
(c) He wishes he could repay Evgraf for his kindness.
(d) He knows virtually nothing about his brother.

7. Whom does Yuri meet at the beginning of May?
(a) Evgraf.
(b) Ivan Ivanovich.
(c) Lara.
(d) Uncle Nikolai.

8. Which character does Lara treat in the hospital?
(a) Sasha.
(b) Dr. Zhivago.
(c) Pasha.
(d) The handsome young soldier.

9. During World War I, Dr. Zhivago, serves in a hospital in which city?
(a) Leningrad.
(b) Yuriatin.
(c) Moscow.
(d) Petrograd.

10. Where does fighting begin in the 1917 Russian revolution?
(a) Moscow.
(b) Yuriatin.
(c) St. Petersburg.
(d) Kazan.

11. What is Ivan's profession?
(a) He is a dancer.
(b) He is an author.
(c) he is a musician.
(d) He is an artist.

12. In October, which political group wins the fight and establishes political power?
(a) The Provisional Government.
(b) The Socialists.
(c) The Bolsheviks.
(d) The Communists.

13. At the end of Chapter 1, why is Madame Guishar offended?
(a) Her bakery can no longer receive flour.
(b) There is no fresh produce in the city.
(c) Lara has insulted her.
(d) Her seamstresses have gone on strike.

14. Why does Yuri love Lara?
(a) She is wonderful cook and Yuri feels at home with her.
(b) She arouses a new passion in him.
(c) They like the same authors.
(d) She has pretty eyes.

15. What does Lara do when Pasha joins the Russian army?
(a) She becomes a secretary.
(b) She becomes a teacher.
(c) She becomes a nurse.
(d) She works in her mother's bakery.

Short Answer Questions

1. The book begins with what type of scene?

2. Whom does Yuri tell his wife he is working with in Meliuzeievo?

3. Tonia must trade goods for food. Why does the soldier get to eat for free?

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

5. In chapter one, Yura's father jumps from which type of vehicle?

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