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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whom does Yuri tell his wife he is working with in Meliuzeievo?
(a) Nikolai.
(b) Maxim.
(c) Blazheiko.
(d) Lara.

3. Upon the advice of her lawyer, where does Amalia Karlovna Guishar send Lara?
(a) To the country.
(b) To Moscow.
(c) To school.
(d) To England.

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

5. Why does Dr. Zhivago leave the front line and return to the hospital?
(a) He returns to treat the wounded Lara.
(b) The hospital offers him a promotion.
(c) He cannot stand the gruesome nature of war.
(d) He is wounded by a shell explosion.

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

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

8. Commissar Strelnikov asks Yuri questions about his military service and destination. With which political group is Strelnikov associated?
(a) The White Army.
(b) The Red Army.
(c) The Provisional Government.
(d) The Communist Party.

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

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

11. What is in Yuri's notebook?
(a) Various writings about his life at Varykino.
(b) Lists of supplies needed and their costs.
(c) Poetry about the war.
(d) Names of people he has met on his journey.

12. While traveling to Varykino, who travels with Yuri and his family?
(a) A mixture of professionals, conscripted workers, and peasants.
(b) A group of government officials.
(c) A platoon of soldiers.
(d) Uncle Nikolai.

13. What stage of development does Pogorevshikh believe is a necessary for Russia's political development?
(a) Communism.
(b) Feudalism.
(c) Anarchy.
(d) Socialism.

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

15. Why does Lara love Yuri?
(a) He is willing to take her to America.
(b) He is an attractive man.
(c) He is wealthy.
(d) He has a beautiful mind.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Yuri and his family finance their trip to Varykino?

2. Why did the soldiers of the Provisional Government bayonet a young idealist after he had already been killed by a rifle shot?

3. What physical handicap does political leader Maxim Aristarkhovich Klintsov-Pogorevshikh have?

4. After her affair with Komarovsky ends, whom does Lara marry?

5. What happens to Lara after Yuri leaves and is conscripted?

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