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

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

3. When the Russian economy collapses, how do the citizens cope with the lack of food and supplies?
(a) American troops drop care packages from airplanes.
(b) Groups of people travel to Europe to gather supplies.
(c) Brave soldiers drive supply wagons to Asia.
(d) People barter among themselves.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Lara and Pasha have a daughter. What is the child's name?

2. During World War I, which country invaded Russia?

3. In October, which political group wins the fight and establishes political power?

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

5. What does Commissar Strelnikov believe everyone must do during the Russian Civil War?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do Yuri and his family get food and supplies for their trip to Varykino?

3. How does Lara feel about Komarovsky later in their relationship?

4. Describe the political views of Maxim Aristarkhovich Klintsov-Pogorevshikh.

5. Why does Yura faint in the garden?

6. Why does Lara follow Pasha to the front lines?

7. Describe the events that lead to Yuri's conscription by the Red Army.

8. Why might people exhibit extreme behavior during a time of war that they would not exhibit in peacetime?

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

10. With the Russian economy in ruins, how do people survive?

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