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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. While traveling to see Lara, who conscripts Yuri as a field doctor?
(a) Members of the White Army.
(b) Members of the Provisional Government.
(c) Members of the Green forces.
(d) Members of the Red Army.

2. In his notebook, Yuri comments on the poetry of Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin. What elements of Pushkin's poetry does Yuri consider important?
(a) Meter and originality.
(b) The use of idioms.
(c) Interpretations of truth.
(d) Rhyme and flow.

3. What is Strelnikov's secret identity?
(a) Strelnikov is actually Ivan Ivanovich.
(b) Strelnikov is actually Yuri's half brother, Evgraf.
(c) Strelnikov is actually Lara's husband, Pasha.
(d) Strelnikov is actually Yuri's uncle, Nikolai.

4. Whom does Yuri see in Yuriatin?
(a) Uncle Nikolai.
(b) Ivan Ivanovich.
(c) Evgraf.
(d) Lara.

5. What are Yuri's primary concerns during the winter?
(a) Having enough money for tobacco and liquor.
(b) Having enough books and paper for the students.
(c) Having enough patients for his practice.
(d) Having enough food and fuel to survive.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Dr. Zhivago leave the front line and return to the hospital?

2. Why did the soldiers of the Provisional Government bayonet a young idealist after he had already been killed by a rifle shot?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

4. What is in Yuri's notebook?

5. Why does Yura faint in the garden?

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

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

8. Why does Lara enter a relationship with a much older man?

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

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

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