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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Yura is studying to be a doctor. What else does he want to achieve in this life?
(a) He wants to study art.
(b) He wants to write a grand novel.
(c) He wants to become wealthy.
(d) He wants to teach at the University.

4. The members of the rebellion desire what form of government?
(a) Communism.
(b) Socialism.
(c) Democracy.
(d) Monarchy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Yuri love Lara?

2. How does Lara plan to end her affair with Komarovsky?

3. Lara's mother, Amalia Karlovna Guishar, takes over what type of shop?

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

5. What does Kologrivov help Lara find?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Yuri's arrest.

2. Why does Yura faint in the garden?

3. Why would Dr. Zhivago work willingly near the front line of battle?

4. Give an example of the brutality of war that is described in Dr. Zhivago.

5. Describe some of the social classes of people who are on the train and how they interact with each other.

6. What does Tonia think of the information she receives in Yuri's letter from Meliuzeievo?

7. What happens when Yuri finally visits Lara at her house in Varykino?

8. Why does Yuri choose to take his family to Varykino?

9. How do Yuri and his family survive the harsh winter?

10. Describe what happens to Yura during and after his mother's funeral.

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