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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 8 - 9 Arrival and Varykino.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the illness affect Yuri?
(a) His stomach is upset.
(b) The rash irritates his skin.
(c) His aching joints cripple his movement.
(d) The fever affects his mind.

2. How are the big snowdrifts cleared from the path during Yuri's journey to Varykino?
(a) The government officials convince men from a nearby village to clear the snow by promising a large reward.
(b) The passengers split up into work teams, and clear the snow with shovels borrowed from a nearby village.
(c) The soldiers clear the snow with shovels borrowed from a nearby village.
(d) Teams of horses pull snow plows across the path until it is clear.

3. Several conflicts are present in the book. Which struggle best describes the conflict between the warring political parties?
(a) The struggle of territory versus common property.
(b) The struggle of capitalism versus communalism.
(c) The struggle of personal freedoms versus the common good.
(d) The struggle of order versus chaos.

4. What does Dr. Zhivago have published during World War I?
(a) An article in the most respected Russian medical journal.
(b) A poem.
(c) A book.
(d) A song.

5. What illness affects Yuri and most of the city in the winter?
(a) Smallpox.
(b) Typhus.
(c) Influenza.
(d) Measles.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Russian economy collapses, how do the citizens cope with the lack of food and supplies?

2. While traveling to see Lara, who conscripts Yuri as a field doctor?

3. What part of life in Varykino does Yuri enjoy the most?

4. Upon the advice of her lawyer, where does Amalia Karlovna Guishar send Lara?

5. What does Commissar Strelnikov believe everyone must do during the Russian Civil War?

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