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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. What happens to Yuri after the discovery of the mutilated man?
(a) Yuri shows no emotion, but simply walks away and resumes his duties.
(b) Yuri escapes using skis and supplies he had hidden in the forest.
(c) Yuri goes insane and murders Pamphil's family with an ax.
(d) Yuri begins to cry and is inconsolable.

2. Yuri returns to Moscow during the Soviet NEP period. What does NEP stand for?
(a) New Education Policy.
(b) New Employee Policy.
(c) New Economic Policy.
(d) New Education Period.

3. What book do Gordon and Dudorov discuss at the end of the epilogue?
(a) Yuri's book of poems.
(b) A book about democracy.
(c) A book about the benefits of collectivism.
(d) A book about the problems of collectivism.

4. Whom do Lara and Yuri learn they share as a common nemesis?
(a) Strelnikov.
(b) The seamstress.
(c) Komarovsky.
(d) Pasha.

5. What does Yuri do to the drunken man sleeping in his house in Yuriatin?
(a) He throws the man out of the house.
(b) He studies the man and writes about him.
(c) He helps the man find work.
(d) He sobers the man up and treats his wounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Yuri wish to kill the Bolshevik officer?

2. Whose home does Yuri return to after escaping from his conscription?

3. Who cares for Yuri while he is ill?

4. What illness does Yuri see developing frequently as a result of the constant warfare?

5. What does the blood on the snow outside of Mikulitsyn's house remind Yuri of?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are Gordon and Dudorov interested in Yuri's book of poetry?

2. Describe Yuri's death and funeral.

3. Describe how the war affects Pamphil.

4. Describe what Yuri finds in Lara's house when he returns to Yuriatin.

5. What do Yuri and Lara do when they hear a rumor that the Executive Committee plans to arrest them?

6. Why do you think Yuri stays in Yuriatin for a time instead of leaving immediately to find his wife and family?

7. Why does Yuri not accompany Lara to Vladivostok?

8. Describe Yuri's behavior after Lara leaves for Vladivostok.

9. What might have been done to prevent Pamphil's insanity?

10. In the Epilogue of Dr. Zhivago, Gordon and Dudorov discuss a woman named Christina. What has Christina done?

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