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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the Russian economy collapses, which two political groups begin to fight for power?
(a) The Provisional Government and the Socialists.
(b) The Provisional Government and the Bolsheviks.
(c) The Bolsheviks and the Marxists.
(d) The Provisional Government and the Communists.

2. Why does Yuri love Lara?
(a) They like the same authors.
(b) She has pretty eyes.
(c) She is wonderful cook and Yuri feels at home with her.
(d) She arouses a new passion in him.

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

4. What happens to Lara after Yuri leaves and is conscripted?
(a) Her husband forgives her affair and they resume family life.
(b) Her husband takes her daughter away to Moscow.
(c) She follows Yuri into service as a field nurse.
(d) She has neither husband nor lover, and is left with only her daughter.

5. What does Lara do when Pasha joins the Russian army?
(a) She becomes a secretary.
(b) She becomes a teacher.
(c) She works in her mother's bakery.
(d) She becomes a nurse.

6. What happens to four of the conscripted workers one night as Yuri and his companions enter the mountains on their way to Varykino?
(a) The workers begin to show signs of typhoid.
(b) The soldiers shoot the workers for sport.
(c) The workers escape.
(d) The workers are beaten for complaining about the poor food rations.

7. How many days did it take to clear the snowdrifts from the path?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Five.

8. Why does Dr. Zhivago leave the front line and return to the hospital?
(a) He cannot stand the gruesome nature of war.
(b) He returns to treat the wounded Lara.
(c) He is wounded by a shell explosion.
(d) The hospital offers him a promotion.

9. What is the name of the man who now runs the estate once owned by Yuri's father?
(a) Sergeevich.
(b) Nikolai.
(c) Nikulitsyn.
(d) Mikulitsyn.

10. Why does Lara love Yuri?
(a) He is willing to take her to America.
(b) He has a beautiful mind.
(c) He is an attractive man.
(d) He is wealthy.

11. In the first chapter, many workers protest working conditions by leaving their jobs. What word is used in the book to describe that type of protest?
(a) Strike.
(b) Hit.
(c) Demonstration.
(d) Recession.

12. In October, which political group wins the fight and establishes political power?
(a) The Provisional Government.
(b) The Bolsheviks.
(c) The Socialists.
(d) The Communists.

13. While in the gardens of the Duplyanka estate, which family member does Yura pray for?
(a) His mother.
(b) His sister.
(c) His father.
(d) His uncle.

14. Who helps Yuri during his illness in the winter?
(a) His uncle Nikolai.
(b) His half brother Evgraf.
(c) His friend Lara.
(d) His friend Maxim.

15. During his journey to Varykino, Yuri realizes he knows the leader of one of the powerful political forces in Russia. Which political force does Galiullin lead?
(a) The Communist Party.
(b) The Red Army.
(c) The White Army.
(d) The Provisional Government.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Yuri tell Commissar Strelnikov he wants out of life?

2. Where does fighting begin in the 1917 Russian revolution?

3. During World War I, which country invaded Russia?

4. While Lara works as a housewife and teaches at the gymnasium, what does Pasha do?

5. Why does Yuri go to the town of Yuriatin?

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