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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. While in Varykino, what does Yuri suspect about Tonia?
(a) That she is having an affair with Mikulitsyn.
(b) That she is ill.
(c) That she is pregnant.
(d) That she is unhappy.

2. What is Ivan's profession?
(a) He is a dancer.
(b) he is a musician.
(c) He is an artist.
(d) He is an author.

3. What does Yuri tell Commissar Strelnikov he wants out of life?
(a) He wants to experience real love.
(b) He wants the peace and anonymity of country life.
(c) He wants to become wealthy.
(d) He wants to be respected as an author.

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

5. What does Yuri write in his notebook about his half brother, Evgraf?
(a) He does not feel he can trust his brother.
(b) He wishes he could repay Evgraf for his kindness.
(c) He knows virtually nothing about his brother.
(d) He wonders if Tonya is in love with Evgraf.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lara plan to end her affair with Komarovsky?

2. Who helps Yuri during his illness in the winter?

3. Who joins Dr. Zhivago at the front line to tend wounded soldiers?

4. In chapter one, Yura's father jumps from which type of vehicle?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. Everyone must trade or pay for the food that is sold illegally behind the train stations. Why doesn't the soldier have to pay for the food he eats?

2. Describe the careers Yura plans to pursue.

3. Describe the type of work Yuri and his family do to survive when they first arrive in Varykino.

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

5. What is in Yuri's notebook?

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

7. Describe the beginning Lara and Pasha's relationship.

8. Why does Lara follow Pasha to the front lines?

9. Describe Yuri's arrest.

10. Describe Lara and Pasha's life together.

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