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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After watching a worker's demonstration, what job does Pasha Antipov want?
(a) He wants to be chief of police.
(b) He wants to be the fire chief.
(c) He wants to be a teacher.
(d) He wants to be a lawyer.

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

3. 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?
(a) Demonstration.
(b) Hit.
(c) Strike.
(d) Recession.

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

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

6. 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.

7. While traveling to see Lara, who conscripts Yuri as a field doctor?
(a) Members of the White Army.
(b) Members of the Red Army.
(c) Members of the Green forces.
(d) Members of the Provisional Government.

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

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

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

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

12. While on his journey to Varykino, what happens to Yuri as he walks near a river?
(a) He gazes at the moon and composes a new poem.
(b) He falls in the river.
(c) He is arrested.
(d) He is attacked by bandits.

13. The book begins with what type of scene?
(a) A wedding.
(b) A demonstration.
(c) A funeral.
(d) A party.

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

15. In the spring, Yuri's half brother, Evgraf, brings a sick peasant in for treatment. What is Yuri's diagnosis?
(a) The measles.
(b) A staph infection.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Lupus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Yura in the gardens of the Duplyanka estate?

2. Whom does Yuri see in Yuriatin?

3. How does Evgraf help Yuri's family during the winter?

4. Why was Yura poor?

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

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