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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 17 The Poems of Yuri Zhivago.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Yuri receives a letter from Tonia. Where does he learn she has gone?
(a) She has been living in Moscow.
(b) She has moved to Leningrad.
(c) She has been deported to Italy.
(d) She has been deported to France.

2. Why does Lara leave the front line and return to Moscow?
(a) She is offered a job at the hospital in Moscow.
(b) Lara learns that her mother is dying.
(c) Pasha's tour of duty is over.
(d) She thinks that Pasha is dead.

3. In his notebook, Yuri comments on the poetry of Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin. What elements of Pushkin's poetry does Yuri consider important?
(a) The use of idioms.
(b) Meter and originality.
(c) Rhyme and flow.
(d) Interpretations of truth.

4. What does Kologrivov help Lara find?
(a) A new coat.
(b) A revolver.
(c) An apartment.
(d) Her dog.

5. What is the name of the independent republic that Blazheiko sets up and backs with a force of deserters from the 212th Infantry?
(a) Novgorod.
(b) Yuriatin.
(c) Leningrad.
(d) Zybushino.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which other character has also lived in Mikulitsyn's house?

3. How well do Yuri and Strelnikov get along when they meet in Varykino?

4. What book do Gordon and Dudorov discuss at the end of the epilogue?

5. What happens to four of the conscripted workers one night as Yuri and his companions enter the mountains on their way to Varykino?

(see the answer key)

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