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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. What does Dr. Zhivago have published during World War I?
(a) A book.
(b) An article in the most respected Russian medical journal.
(c) A song.
(d) A poem.

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

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

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

5. Where do Yura and his uncle Nikolai live first?
(a) A hotel.
(b) His uncle's estate.
(c) A monastery.
(d) England.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. In his notebook, Yuri comments on the poetry of Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin. What elements of Pushkin's poetry does Yuri consider important?

5. Whom does Yuri meet at the beginning of May?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Yura faint in the garden?

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

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

4. How does Yuri react when he sees Lara at the library?

5. What is in Yuri's notebook?

6. How does Lara attempt end her relationship with Komarovsky?

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

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

9. Describe Lara and Pasha's life together.

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

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