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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. When Yuri returns to Yuriatin in chapter 13, where does he believe his wife and son have gone?
(a) To France.
(b) To Moscow.
(c) To America.
(d) To the country house.

2. Why does Yuri agree to follow Lara in Komarovsky's sleigh?
(a) Because they will use the sleigh to haul medical supplies.
(b) Because he does not have enough money to buy a train ticket.
(c) In order to convince Lara to leave for a safer area.
(d) In order to follow Lara to their new home.

3. Why is Yuri's tree more noticeable that all the other trees?
(a) The tree is blossoming with beautiful flowers.
(b) The tree is dead.
(c) The tree is covered in red berries.
(d) The tree has colorful leaves.

4. What does Yuri do while alone in Mikulitsyn's house?
(a) He sleeps late and writes about politics.
(b) He drinks vodka and writes about Lara.
(c) He repairs holes the rats have made.
(d) He rises early and tends the garden.

5. How well do Yuri and Strelnikov get along when they meet in Varykino?
(a) They have a fist fight.
(b) They engage in a heated argument over Lara.
(c) They respect each other and get along well.
(d) They are suspicious and jealous of each other.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom do Lara and Yuri learn they share as a common nemesis?

2. What type of relationship does Yuri have with Marina?

3. Where does Komarovsky offer to send Lara and her daughter for safety?

4. What does Yuri do to the drunken man sleeping in his house in Yuriatin?

5. Why is a group of soldiers executed near Yuri's tree?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Lara return for Yuri's funeral after he refused to follow her to Vladivostok?

3. Describe the rowan tree.

4. Why do Yuri's writings both inspire and threaten the characters in the book?

5. Why does Yuri not accompany Lara to Vladivostok?

6. Pasternak ties the love story in Dr. Zhivago to a reference to Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. How are the two romantic tragedies similar?

7. In Chapter 13, while in Yuritan, what does Lara want to have happen to her relationship with Yuri?

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

9. Describe what happens when Yuri breaks Red Cross rules and uses a rifle.

10. Describe Yuri's relationship with Vasia.

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