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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. What does Yuri discover about the boy he shot?

2. During the summer, how many jobs does Yuri take in order to make ends meet?

3. Whose home does Yuri return to after escaping from his conscription?

4. Whom does Tonia tell Gordon and Dudorov is her step-father?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why does Lara return for Yuri's funeral after he refused to follow her to Vladivostok?

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

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

10. Describe Yuri's relationship with Vasia.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss the significance of the rowan tree as described by Yuri. How does it differ from all the other trees that surround it? What does it symbolize to Yuri? Later in the story, Yuri refers to drops of blood in the snow as appearing like fallen rowan berries. What is the significance of the fallen berries?

Essay Topic 3

Three men love Lara and have a great impact on her life and she on theirs. Discuss each relationship and how it impacts her life and the lives of the men she loves.

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