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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Sharikov defend in Chapter 7?
(a) Zina.
(b) Bormenthal.
(c) Darya
(d) Shyonder.

2. Who does Sharikov say he has read a book by?
(a) A Russian.
(b) A German.
(c) An Englishman.
(d) An American.

3. What has Sharikov gotten a job doing?
(a) Collecting trash in the street.
(b) Working on a farm.
(c) Ridding Moscow of stray animals.
(d) Working at the Moscow zoo.

4. What does Sharikov do after Philippovich tells him to leave the apartment in Chapter 9?
(a) Spits at Philippovich.
(b) Makes an obscene gesture.
(c) Strikes Darya.
(d) Knocks a vase over.

5. How does Sharikov die?
(a) He is smothered by a pillow.
(b) He is drowned.
(c) He is hit on the head.
(d) He is strangled.

6. What does Sharikov think of the theatre?
(a) The theatre is too bourgeois.
(b) The theatre is too stifling.
(c) The theatre is too long.
(d) The theatre is boring.

7. In Chapter 9 what had Sharikov told the young woman had happened to him?
(a) He was attacked by a dog.
(b) He was wounded in the war.
(c) He was deformed as a child.
(d) He was injured in a fire.

8. What is posted all over the apartment in Chapter 6?
(a) Notes telling Sharik how to behave.
(b) Political posters.
(c) Postcards from Philippovich's friends.
(d) Medical advice pamphlets.

9. Who appears in the hallway with an angry face in Chapter 8?
(a) Zina.
(b) Shvonder.
(c) Darya.
(d) The doorman.

10. Who does the doorman call on to get rid of Sharikov's companions?
(a) Philippovich.
(b) The militia.
(c) The house committee.
(d) The police.

11. What rumor has Shyonder been spreading about Sharik?
(a) That he is an escaped convict.
(b) That he is Philippovich's illegitimate son.
(c) That he is a gangster in hiding.
(d) That he is a refugee from Czechoslovakia.

12. What do neighbors report about the night Sharikov died?
(a) They heard a dog barking all night.
(b) The examination room lights were on all night.
(c) There were loud noises all night.
(d) They didn't notice anything unual.

13. Who brings Philippovich a report to look at in Chapter 9?
(a) Zina.
(b) Bormenthal.
(c) The police.
(d) One of Philippovich's patients.

14. Who kills Sharikov?
(a) Philippovich.
(b) Bormenthal.
(c) Darya.
(d) Shvonder.

15. Who does Sharik say got his clothes for him?
(a) Shyonder.
(b) Zina.
(c) Bormenthal.
(d) Darya.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sharikov claim he can find after he has a heated argument with Philippovich and Bormenthal in Chapter 9?

2. Where does the dog run out from in the Epilogue?

3. What charge is brought against the arrested parties for what happened to Sharikov?

4. After returning home what is Sharikov NOT found to have stolen?

5. What has Sharikov reported against Philippovich ?

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