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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. Who offers to help Yuri and Lara leave Yuriatin?
(a) Uncle Nikolai.
(b) Komarovsky.
(c) Strelnikov.
(d) Pasha.

2. In Chapter 13, what type of criminal do some people in Yuriatin suspect Yuri of being?
(a) A deserter
(b) A unregistered citizen
(c) A bad doctor
(d) A Tsarist sympathizer

3. Where does Komarovsky offer to send Lara and her daughter for safety?
(a) Vladivostok.
(b) Varykino.
(c) Moscow.
(d) France.

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

5. Why is a group of soldiers executed near Yuri's tree?
(a) They are found guilty of desertion.
(b) They are found guilty of murder.
(c) They are found guilty of treason.
(d) They are found guilty of illegally distilling vodka.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Yuri do while alone in Mikulitsyn's house?

2. Why do Lara and Yuri leave Yuriatin so suddenly?

3. Tonia tells Gordon and Dudorov a story about having to leave Mongolia with her mother. Why did she and her mother have to leave so suddenly?

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

5. While Yuri is serving as a conscripted as a field doctor, how many times does he attempt escape?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the rowan tree.

2. Describe Yuri's relationship with Vasia.

3. The Tania in Epilogue of Dr. Zhivago is not Yuri's wife. Who is she and where did she come from?

4. Describe Yuri's death and funeral.

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

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

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

8. Describe how the war affects Pamphil.

9. What could the rowan tree symbolize?

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

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