Books and Authors question: With Doctor Zhivago as the reference work, which book–author pair is correctly matched?

The verified answer to “Books and Authors question: With Doctor Zhivago as the reference work, which book–author pair is correctly matched?” is Doctor Zhivago — Boris Pasternak, option B. The source-backed, question-specific record explains: Doctor Zhivago is correctly associated with Boris Pasternak. The work’s first publication is conventionally dated to 1957, and its original language is Russian. These three details—title, author, and language—form the decisive bibliographical combination required here. Boris Pasternak, a major Russian literary figure, is also associated with My Sister, Life; that companion title helps confirm the authorship independently rather than through guesswork. The distractor set (A Room of One's Own — Betty Friedan; The Feminine Mystique — Murasaki Shikibu; The Tale of Genji — Virginia Woolf) must therefore be tested as complete statements: one true fragment cannot make an entire option correct. A common examination trap is to confuse an author’s nationality with the language of composition, or a translation date with first publication. Another is to treat a well-known adaptation or later edition as the original work. Revision takeaway: remember the compact chain “Doctor Zhivago — Boris Pasternak — Russian — 1957,” and connect it with My Sister, Life for stronger recall. This evidence establishes the bibliographic relationship required in this Books and Authors item. A correct solution must preserve the exact title, author, publication context, language, award or comparison requested by the stem. Similar periods, genres or national traditions do not make two book–author pairs interchangeable. Option B gives Doctor Zhivago — Boris Pasternak and satisfies the wording of the question. The remaining choices—A Room of One's Own — Betty Friedan, The Feminine Mystique — Murasaki Shikibu and The Tale of Genji — Virginia Woolf—do not satisfy the complete requirement.