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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Lara after Yuri leaves and is conscripted?
(a) Her husband forgives her affair and they resume family life.
(b) Her husband takes her daughter away to Moscow.
(c) She follows Yuri into service as a field nurse.
(d) She has neither husband nor lover, and is left with only her daughter.

2. Lara and Pasha have a daughter. What is the child's name?
(a) Kamalia.
(b) Katrina.
(c) Katenka.
(d) Karolina.

3. What does Yuri barter for food and goods from a central distribution center?
(a) His car.
(b) His winter coat.
(c) A carton of stolen cigarettes.
(d) His medical services.

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

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

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

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

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

9. Whom does Yuri see in Yuriatin?
(a) Uncle Nikolai.
(b) Lara.
(c) Ivan Ivanovich.
(d) Evgraf.

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

11. When the Russian economy collapses, how do the citizens cope with the lack of food and supplies?
(a) Brave soldiers drive supply wagons to Asia.
(b) Groups of people travel to Europe to gather supplies.
(c) American troops drop care packages from airplanes.
(d) People barter among themselves.

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

13. During Yuri's trip to Varykino, which group succeeds in taking control of the northern mountains?
(a) The Bolsheviks take control away from the Communists.
(b) The Provisional Government takes control away from the Germans.
(c) The Red Army takes control away from the White Army.
(d) The White Army takes control away from the Red Army.

14. Several conflicts are present in the book. Which struggle best describes the conflict between the warring political parties?
(a) The struggle of capitalism versus communalism.
(b) The struggle of personal freedoms versus the common good.
(c) The struggle of order versus chaos.
(d) The struggle of territory versus common property.

15. Where do Yura and his uncle Nikolai live first?
(a) His uncle's estate.
(b) England.
(c) A monastery.
(d) A hotel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to four of the conscripted workers one night as Yuri and his companions enter the mountains on their way to Varykino?

2. While on his journey to Varykino, what happens to Yuri as he walks near a river?

3. Who seduces Lara when she is 16?

4. In the book, Pasternak develops a parallel between the changes occurring in Russia and what other historical event?

5. After watching a worker's demonstration, what job does Pasha Antipov want?

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