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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What prediction does Commissar Strelnikov make during his meeting with Yuri?
(a) He predicts that Yuri will die as an old man in his bed.
(b) He predicts that Germany will invade Russia again.
(c) He predicts that they will meet again.
(d) He predicts that Yuri will become a famous poet and author.

2. The leaders of the Russian government are called by this name.
(a) Kings.
(b) Marxists.
(c) Communists.
(d) Tsars.

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

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

5. Tonia must trade goods for food. Why does the soldier get to eat for free?
(a) The government has agreed to pay the food vendors each month.
(b) The soldier has a gun and everyone is afraid to complain about his behavior.
(c) The soldier is given free food because everyone respects his willingness to defend their country.
(d) The soldier is the son of the vendor.

6. What is the name of the man who now runs the estate once owned by Yuri's father?
(a) Mikulitsyn.
(b) Nikulitsyn.
(c) Nikolai.
(d) Sergeevich.

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

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

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

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

11. What does Commissar Strelnikov believe everyone must do during the Russian Civil War?
(a) People should use their rations wisely.
(b) People should help each other.
(c) Everyone must choose a side.
(d) Everyone should be prepared for the hardships of war.

12. Who seduces Lara when she is 16?
(a) Vedeniapin.
(b) Komarovsky.
(c) Zhivago.
(d) Duplyanka.

13. Who joins Dr. Zhivago at the front line to tend wounded soldiers?
(a) Ivan Ivanovi.
(b) Amalia Guishar.
(c) Misha Gordon.
(d) Pasha Antipov.

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

15. During the Presnia uprising, which character meets and falls in love with Lara?
(a) Nikolai.
(b) Pasha.
(c) Kamarovsky.
(d) Yura.

Short Answer Questions

1. While traveling to Varykino, who travels with Yuri and his family?

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

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

4. Why does Yuri believe that Varykino would be a good place to resettle his family?

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

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