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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. Major-General Zhivago, Yuri's half brother Evgraf, is looking for something. What is it?
(a) Political dissidents.
(b) Black market dealers.
(c) New recruits.
(d) Eyewitnesses who knew Christina.

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

3. Why does Yuri wish to kill the Bolshevik officer?
(a) Yuri knows the officer is treating his men with unusual cruelty.
(b) Yuri feels the officer's cocaine addiction renders him unfit for his position.
(c) Yuri is tired of listening to the man's constant political lectures.
(d) Yuri wants to kill the officer in order to escape.

4. In Chapter 13, what new information does Lara give Yuri?
(a) The government is looking for him.
(b) She is pregnant.
(c) He has a new daughter named Masha.
(d) He has a new son named Misha.

5. In Chapter 15, who comes to Yuri's aid while he is living in Moscow?
(a) Tonia.
(b) Nikolai.
(c) Lara.
(d) Marina.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What is a serious problem for the leaders of the White Army camp?

4. What does the tree represent to Yuri?

5. Why was Christina considered a war heroine?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Yuri not accompany Lara to Vladivostok?

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

3. Why do you think Yuri stays in Yuriatin for a time instead of leaving immediately to find his wife and family?

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

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

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

7. Describe how the war affects Pamphil.

8. Describe Yuri's relationship with Marina.

9. What could the rowan tree symbolize?

10. Describe Yuri's relationship with Vasia.

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