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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 13, what type of criminal do some people in Yuriatin suspect Yuri of being?

3. Why does Lara fear arrest?

4. Why does the White Army leave a mutilated man for the Red Army to discover?

5. Why does Yuri agree to follow Lara in Komarovsky's sleigh?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe the rowan tree.

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

6. Lara and Yuri discover they share a common nemesis. Who is this person and what has he/she done to them?

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

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

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

10. Describe Yuri's relationship with Vasia.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

After Lara leaves for Vladivostok, Yuri and Lara's husband, Strelnikov, meet in the house. Describe each man's reaction to the other man's presence. Discuss the irony of Lara's lover and husband both living in the same house. How did their conversation affect their actions?

Essay Topic 2

How do changes in the Russian economy affect the choices and actions that characters make in the story? Cite specific examples of decisions made and actions taken as a direct result of economic need. How do changes in the Russian economy affect the moral development of characters in the story?

Essay Topic 3

Compare Yuri to Pamphil. Why does Pamphil lose his mind and Yuri stay sane? Describe events or relationships that might have prepared Yuri to cope with the gruesome nature of war. How did the chaos of war benefit Yuri?

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