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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. Commissar Strelnikov asks Yuri questions about his military service and destination. With which political group is Strelnikov associated?
(a) The Provisional Government.
(b) The White Army.
(c) The Communist Party.
(d) The Red Army.

2. Several conflicts are present in the book. Which struggle best describes the conflict between the warring political parties?
(a) The struggle of capitalism versus communalism.
(b) The struggle of order versus chaos.
(c) The struggle of personal freedoms versus the common good.
(d) The struggle of territory versus common property.

3. Why does Dr. Zhivago leave the front line and return to the hospital?
(a) He returns to treat the wounded Lara.
(b) He cannot stand the gruesome nature of war.
(c) The hospital offers him a promotion.
(d) He is wounded by a shell explosion.

4. Whom does Yuri tell his wife he is working with in Meliuzeievo?
(a) Nikolai.
(b) Lara.
(c) Maxim.
(d) Blazheiko.

5. While in Varykino, what does Yuri suspect about Tonia?
(a) That she is pregnant.
(b) That she is having an affair with Mikulitsyn.
(c) That she is ill.
(d) That she is unhappy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Yuri and his family finance their trip to Varykino?

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

3. In chapter one, Yura's father jumps from which type of vehicle?

4. What mode of transportation does Yuri and his family use as they leave for the town of Varykino in the early spring?

5. While on his journey to Varykino, what happens to Yuri as he walks near a river?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the careers Yura plans to pursue.

2. Describe the type of work Yuri and his family do to survive when they first arrive in Varykino.

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

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

5. Describe Yuri's arrest.

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

7. How could Yuri's life have been different if he had not tried to return to Lara the night he was conscripted by the Red Army?

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

9. Describe Dr. Zhivago's actions during the war.

10. What is in Yuri's notebook?

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