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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 was a political leader.
(b) The mutilated man is a warning about war atrocities.
(c) The mutilated man is a spy.
(d) The mutilated man is a black market trader.

2. While Yuri is serving as a conscripted as a field doctor, how many times does he attempt escape?
(a) None.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

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

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

5. Whom does Yuri discover lying dead in the snow outside Mikulitsyn's house?
(a) Uncle Nikolai.
(b) Komarovsky.
(c) Strelnikov.
(d) Pamphil.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Yuri after the discovery of the mutilated man?

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

3. What book do Gordon and Dudorov discuss at the end of the epilogue?

4. What does Yuri's new friend study during the NEP period?

5. While living across the street from the house of sculptures in Chapter 13, why do Lara and Yuri feel they must leave Yuriatin soon?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe what happens when Yuri breaks Red Cross rules and uses a rifle.

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

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

6. Why does Yuri choose to compare the drops of blood in the snow with rowan berries?

7. Describe the rowan tree.

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

9. How does Yuri react to Strelnikov's return?

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

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