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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While living in Mikulitsyn's house, what hobby does Yuri pursue?
(a) Chess.
(b) Gardening.
(c) Poetry writing.
(d) Wood carving.

2. Why is Yuri's tree more noticeable that all the other trees?
(a) The tree is dead.
(b) The tree has colorful leaves.
(c) The tree is covered in red berries.
(d) The tree is blossoming with beautiful flowers.

3. Major-General Zhivago, Yuri's half brother Evgraf, is looking for something. What is it?
(a) Black market dealers.
(b) New recruits.
(c) Political dissidents.
(d) Eyewitnesses who knew Christina.

4. What does the tree represent to Yuri?
(a) It is reminder of his despair.
(b) It is a reminder of his family.
(c) Nothing, it is just another tree in the forest.
(d) It is a symbol of something better in the world.

5. What animals found lurking on the property in Varykino represent the pressures of the world lurking nearby?
(a) The ravens.
(b) The wolves.
(c) The owls.
(d) The bears.

6. What does Lara blame for Pasha's abandonment of her?
(a) She blames the revolution and civil war.
(b) She blames Pasha's infidelity with the seamstress.
(c) She blames her own behavior.
(d) She blames Yuri.

7. In Part 2, Chapter 13, by the time Yuri returns to Yuriatin, which political party has gained control of the government?
(a) The White Army.
(b) The Red Army.
(c) The Green forces.
(d) The Communist party.

8. Why does Lara admire Yuri?
(a) Because he is a good provider.
(b) Because he is a romantic poet.
(c) Because he has not let political propaganda infect his soul.
(d) Because he is kinder than Pasha.

9. Why does Yuri agree to follow Lara in Komarovsky's sleigh?
(a) Because he does not have enough money to buy a train ticket.
(b) Because they will use the sleigh to haul medical supplies.
(c) In order to follow Lara to their new home.
(d) In order to convince Lara to leave for a safer area.

10. Which drunken character from Lara's past is allowed to sleep in a rat-infested room of her house in Yuriatin?
(a) Komarovsky.
(b) Strelnikov.
(c) Pasha.
(d) Uncle Nikolai.

11. What does Yuri do while alone in Mikulitsyn's house?
(a) He repairs holes the rats have made.
(b) He rises early and tends the garden.
(c) He sleeps late and writes about politics.
(d) He drinks vodka and writes about Lara.

12. What illness does Yuri see developing frequently as a result of the constant warfare?
(a) Typhoid.
(b) Smallpox.
(c) Measles.
(d) Mental illness.

13. The washing woman has a special friend who died during the war. What was her friend's name?
(a) Lara.
(b) Christina.
(c) Marina.
(d) Tonia.

14. What is a serious problem for the leaders of the White Army camp?
(a) Alcoholism.
(b) Head Lice.
(c) Typhoid.
(d) Desertion.

15. Why does Yuri have delirious thoughts and dreams in Chapter 13?
(a) He is suffering from a fever.
(b) He longs to see Lara.
(c) He ate spoiled food.
(d) He is suffering from exhaustion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Yuri need from the government in order to journey to France?

2. What suspicion do Lara and Yuri have about Mikulitsyn's house?

3. While living across the street from the house of sculptures in Chapter 13, why do Lara and Yuri feel they must leave Yuriatin soon?

4. What does Yuri's new friend study during the NEP period?

5. In Chapter 14, why is Strelnikov in hiding?

(see the answer keys)

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