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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. How does Lara plan to end her affair with Komarovsky?
(a) She plans to tell him in a letter.
(b) She plans to shoot him.
(c) She plans to run away.
(d) She plans to tell him over dinner.

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

3. Where do Lara and Pasha live in the beginning of their marriage?
(a) Leningrad.
(b) Petrograd.
(c) Moscow.
(d) Yuriatin.

4. Who seduces Lara when she is 16?
(a) Komarovsky.
(b) Zhivago.
(c) Vedeniapin.
(d) Duplyanka.

5. During World War I, which country invaded Russia?
(a) Germany.
(b) America.
(c) Japan.
(d) Europe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kologrivov help Lara find?

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

3. Where does fighting begin in the 1917 Russian revolution?

4. Who helps Yuri during his illness in the winter?

5. Why does Lara leave the front line and return to Moscow?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Everyone must trade or pay for the food that is sold illegally behind the train stations. Why doesn't the soldier have to pay for the food he eats?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why does Yura faint in the garden?

10. Describe some of the political views and opinions of the characters in the first chapter.

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