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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 happens to Yuri on the trolley?
(a) He meets Lara, and they leave town together.
(b) He has a heart attack and dies.
(c) He is arrested.
(d) He is mugged by another passenger.

2. What does Yuri send to Marina?
(a) New shoes.
(b) Money.
(c) A love letter.
(d) A coat.

3. How well do Yuri and Strelnikov get along when they meet in Varykino?
(a) They have a fist fight.
(b) They respect each other and get along well.
(c) They engage in a heated argument over Lara.
(d) They are suspicious and jealous of each other.

4. Yuri returns to Moscow during the Soviet NEP period. What does NEP stand for?
(a) New Education Period.
(b) New Economic Policy.
(c) New Employee Policy.
(d) New Education Policy.

5. Which drunken character from Lara's past is allowed to sleep in a rat-infested room of her house in Yuriatin?
(a) Uncle Nikolai.
(b) Komarovsky.
(c) Pasha.
(d) Strelnikov.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who cares for Yuri while he is ill?

2. In Chapter 13, what new information does Lara give Yuri?

3. Why does Lara admire Yuri?

4. In Chapter 14, why is Strelnikov in hiding?

5. Why is Yuri's tree more noticeable that all the other trees?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Yuri's writings both inspire and threaten the characters in the book?

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

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

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

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

6. Describe Yuri's relationship with Marina.

7. Describe how Yuri manages to escape from the Red Army camp.

8. What do Yuri and Lara do when they hear a rumor that the Executive Committee plans to arrest them?

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

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

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