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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the soldiers of the Provisional Government bayonet a young idealist after he had already been killed by a rifle shot?
(a) He moved his arm.
(b) They wanted to make sure he was really dead.
(c) They were angry.
(d) He spoke to them.

2. After watching a worker's demonstration, what job does Pasha Antipov want?
(a) He wants to be chief of police.
(b) He wants to be a lawyer.
(c) He wants to be a teacher.
(d) He wants to be the fire chief.

3. When Yura and his uncle live in a house owned by the Gromekos, which character also lives in the house?
(a) Misha Gordon.
(b) Lara Guishar.
(c) Pasha Antipov.
(d) Ivan Ivanovich.

4. Who joins Dr. Zhivago at the front line to tend wounded soldiers?
(a) Amalia Guishar.
(b) Ivan Ivanovi.
(c) Misha Gordon.
(d) Pasha Antipov.

5. Where does fighting begin in the 1917 Russian revolution?
(a) Kazan.
(b) Moscow.
(c) St. Petersburg.
(d) Yuriatin.

Short Answer Questions

1. The leaders of the Russian government are called by this name.

2. What stage of development does Pogorevshikh believe is a necessary for Russia's political development?

3. What form of government does the new ruling party in October first establish?

4. Lara's mother, Amalia Karlovna Guishar, takes over what type of shop?

5. What physical handicap does political leader Maxim Aristarkhovich Klintsov-Pogorevshikh have?

Short Essay Questions

1. How could Yuri's life have been different if he had not tried to return to Lara the night he was conscripted by the Red Army?

2. Why might people exhibit extreme behavior during a time of war that they would not exhibit in peacetime?

3. Describe some of the social classes of people who are on the train and how they interact with each other.

4. What does Tonia think of the information she receives in Yuri's letter from Meliuzeievo?

5. How do Yuri and his family survive the harsh winter?

6. Why does Yuri choose to take his family to Varykino?

7. Why would Dr. Zhivago work willingly near the front line of battle?

8. Describe Lara and Pasha's life together.

9. Give an example of the brutality of war that is described in Dr. Zhivago.

10. How does Lara attempt end her relationship with Komarovsky?

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