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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In his notebook, Yuri comments on the poetry of Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin. What elements of Pushkin's poetry does Yuri consider important?
(a) Rhyme and flow.
(b) Interpretations of truth.
(c) Meter and originality.
(d) The use of idioms.

2. Why does Lara leave the front line and return to Moscow?
(a) She thinks that Pasha is dead.
(b) Lara learns that her mother is dying.
(c) Pasha's tour of duty is over.
(d) She is offered a job at the hospital in Moscow.

3. What does Kologrivov help Lara find?
(a) A new coat.
(b) An apartment.
(c) A revolver.
(d) Her dog.

4. Where on the estate are the Zhivagos allowed to live?
(a) They are not allowed to live on the estate.
(b) In the main building.
(c) In a small building on the grounds.
(d) In a cramped barn.

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

6. In chapter one, Yura's father jumps from which type of vehicle?
(a) A bus.
(b) A train.
(c) A truck.
(d) An airplane.

7. Lara's mother, Amalia Karlovna Guishar, takes over what type of shop?
(a) A shoe shop.
(b) A bakery shop.
(c) A grocery shop.
(d) A dress shop.

8. While Lara works as a housewife and teaches at the gymnasium, what does Pasha do?
(a) He works in Madame Guishar's bakery.
(b) He works as a schoolteacher.
(c) He works in an ammunition factory.
(d) He joins the protests and becomes a political activist.

9. Yuri discovers that Lara has been reading books about which political philosophy?
(a) Democracy.
(b) Communism.
(c) Marxism.
(d) Socialism.

10. What does Dr. Zhivago have published during World War I?
(a) A poem.
(b) A song.
(c) A book.
(d) An article in the most respected Russian medical journal.

11. After returning to Moscow from Meliuzeievo, what does Yuri learn about his uncle, Nikolai Nikolaievich?
(a) His uncle had moved to France.
(b) His uncle has joined the Bolsheviks.
(c) His uncle sold the family home.
(d) His uncle was killed during a demonstration.

12. Yura is also called what name?
(a) Yuri.
(b) Yurinovich.
(c) Yurinski.
(d) Yuca.

13. What color represents the Marxist army?
(a) Black.
(b) Red.
(c) Blue.
(d) White.

14. What does Yuri's wife, Tonia, receive for trading an embroidered towel?
(a) Half of a roasted chicken.
(b) Half of a roasted turkey.
(c) Half of a roasted rabbit.
(d) Half of a loaf of bread.

15. When the Russian economy collapses, which two political groups begin to fight for power?
(a) The Provisional Government and the Communists.
(b) The Provisional Government and the Socialists.
(c) The Provisional Government and the Bolsheviks.
(d) The Bolsheviks and the Marxists.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Commissar Strelnikov believe everyone must do during the Russian Civil War?

2. 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?

3. What does Lara do when Pasha joins the Russian army?

4. During Yuri's trip to Varykino, which group succeeds in taking control of the northern mountains?

5. What type of school is set up in Yuri and Tonia's house?

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