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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 suspicion do Lara and Yuri have about Mikulitsyn's house?

2. Whom do Lara and Yuri learn they share as a common nemesis?

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

4. In Part 2, Chapter 14, who annoys Yuri and Lara with his return to Yuriatin?

5. How long does Yuri serve as a conscripted field doctor?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Describe how the war affects Pamphil.

8. Why does Yuri not accompany Lara to Vladivostok?

9. Describe the rowan tree.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Komarovsky keeps appearing to Lara unwanted and uninvited. How do Komarovsky's actions affect the development of his character in the story? How does his influence affect Lara and her daughter, Tania?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the revolution and Yuri's affair from Tonya's perspective. How might each event have changed her character? How does it differ from Lara's perspective of the same events?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Christina's significance in the story. What could she symbolize? How might her actions have influenced the characters in the story?

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