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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 the tree represent to Yuri?

2. Why does Lara fear arrest?

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

4. Yuri returns to Moscow during the Soviet NEP period. What does NEP stand for?

5. What does Yuri send to Marina?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Yuri not accompany Lara to Vladivostok?

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

6. Describe Yuri's relationship with Marina.

7. Describe Yuri's death and funeral.

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Yuri's relationship with Tonia differ from his relationship with Lara? What are his motivations in developing each relationship? What influence does each relationship have on his life?

Essay Topic 2

Identify specific traumas or times of struggle that Yuri must endure in the book. How do these events affect the development of his character? How does he overcome these difficulties? What affect does his attitude have on his ability to cope with difficulty?

Essay Topic 3

Why does Yuri make such a small effort to reunite with his family in France? How does his action affect the development of his character? What internal and external motivators influence his actions? What affect does his action have on his relationship with Tonya and his children?

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