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

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) The workers are beaten for complaining about the poor food rations.
(b) The workers escape.
(c) The soldiers shoot the workers for sport.
(d) The workers begin to show signs of typhoid.

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

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

4. What is the name of the independent republic that Blazheiko sets up and backs with a force of deserters from the 212th Infantry?
(a) Zybushino.
(b) Novgorod.
(c) Leningrad.
(d) Yuriatin.

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

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

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

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

9. With which political group does Yuri side?
(a) The Red Army.
(b) The anarchists.
(c) The White Army.
(d) None.

10. What are Yuri's primary concerns during the winter?
(a) Having enough money for tobacco and liquor.
(b) Having enough food and fuel to survive.
(c) Having enough books and paper for the students.
(d) Having enough patients for his practice.

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

12. How many days did it take to clear the snowdrifts from the path?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

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

14. Why was Yura poor?
(a) Yura's father had squandered the family fortune.
(b) Yura's father was on strike.
(c) The government had taken all their posessions.
(d) Yura's father could not find work.

15. Why does Lara consider herself to be a bad person?
(a) She feels guilty about her past.
(b) She wishes she could be Yuri's wife.
(c) She stole in order to feed her family.
(d) She knows she does not love Pasha.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the illness affect Yuri?

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

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

4. Who helps Yuri during his illness in the winter?

5. Why does Dr. Zhivago leave the front line and return to the hospital?

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