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

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

3. What does Yuri do to the drunken man sleeping in his house in Yuriatin?
(a) He sobers the man up and treats his wounds.
(b) He throws the man out of the house.
(c) He studies the man and writes about him.
(d) He helps the man find work.

4. Why does Yuri have delirious thoughts and dreams in Chapter 13?
(a) He longs to see Lara.
(b) He is suffering from a fever.
(c) He ate spoiled food.
(d) He is suffering from exhaustion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the tree represent to Yuri?

2. What type of relationship does Yuri have with Marina?

3. Yuri receives a letter from Tonia. Where does he learn she has gone?

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

5. Whom does Yuri hope to find upon his return to Yuriatin?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 13, while in Yuritan, what does Lara want to have happen to her relationship with Yuri?

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

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

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

5. Describe Yuri's relationship with Vasia.

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

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

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

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

10. Describe how the war affects Pamphil.

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