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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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 small building on the grounds.
(d) In a cramped barn.

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

5. Yuri discovers that Lara has been reading books about which political philosophy?
(a) Socialism.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Communism.
(d) Marxism.

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

7. 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) Hit.
(b) Recession.
(c) Strike.
(d) Demonstration.

8. Who helps Yuri during his illness in the winter?
(a) His half brother Evgraf.
(b) His friend Maxim.
(c) His friend Lara.
(d) His uncle Nikolai.

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

10. How does the illness affect Yuri?
(a) The rash irritates his skin.
(b) His aching joints cripple his movement.
(c) His stomach is upset.
(d) The fever affects his mind.

11. Where does fighting begin in the 1917 Russian revolution?
(a) Kazan.
(b) Moscow.
(c) St. Petersburg.
(d) Yuriatin.

12. Why did the soldiers of the Provisional Government bayonet a young idealist after he had already been killed by a rifle shot?
(a) They were angry.
(b) He moved his arm.
(c) He spoke to them.
(d) They wanted to make sure he was really dead.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kologrivov help Lara find?

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

3. During the Presnia uprising, which character meets and falls in love with Lara?

4. Commissar Strelnikov asks Yuri questions about his military service and destination. With which political group is Strelnikov associated?

5. Several conflicts are present in the book. Which struggle best describes the conflict between the warring political parties?

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