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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. Why does the White Army leave a mutilated man for the Red Army to discover?
(a) The mutilated man is a warning about war atrocities.
(b) The mutilated man was a political leader.
(c) The mutilated man is a spy.
(d) The mutilated man is a black market trader.

2. Why does Lara admire Yuri?
(a) Because he has not let political propaganda infect his soul.
(b) Because he is a good provider.
(c) Because he is a romantic poet.
(d) Because he is kinder than Pasha.

3. Why was Christina considered a war heroine?
(a) She smuggled food and supplies to the Russian army.
(b) She infiltrated the German lines and blew up a fortification.
(c) She sent a secret message to a Russian general.
(d) She tended wounded soldiers at the front line.

4. Why does Yuri agree to follow Lara in Komarovsky's sleigh?
(a) Because they will use the sleigh to haul medical supplies.
(b) Because he does not have enough money to buy a train ticket.
(c) In order to follow Lara to their new home.
(d) In order to convince Lara to leave for a safer area.

5. In the Epilogue, two characters, Gordon and Dudorov, reminisce about the sufferings of which conflict?
(a) World War II.
(b) World War I.
(c) The Revolution.
(d) The Korean War.

Short Answer Questions

1. Yuri returns to Moscow during the Soviet NEP period. What does NEP stand for?

2. What does the blood on the snow outside of Mikulitsyn's house remind Yuri of?

3. How do Gordon and Dudorov feel about collectivism?

4. What does Lara insist Yuri do when he recovers from his illness?

5. How does Yuri make money during the NEP period?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Yuri avoid the temptation of considering Lara and her daughter his new family?

2. Why are Gordon and Dudorov interested in Yuri's book of poetry?

3. Lara and Yuri discover they share a common nemesis. Who is this person and what has he/she done to them?

4. Describe what Yuri finds in Lara's house when he returns to Yuriatin.

5. In the Epilogue of Dr. Zhivago, Gordon and Dudorov discuss a woman named Christina. What has Christina done?

6. Why does Yuri not accompany Lara to Vladivostok?

7. Describe Yuri's behavior after Lara leaves for Vladivostok.

8. Pasternak ties the love story in Dr. Zhivago to a reference to Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. How are the two romantic tragedies similar?

9. What might have been done to prevent Pamphil's insanity?

10. Describe what happens when Komarovsky shows up at Yuri and Lara's house in Yuriatin.

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