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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sharikov whine about doing while his documents are being drawn up?
(a) Paying taxes.
(b) Looking for food in alleys.
(c) Living with a cat.
(d) Serving in the military.

2. How much money did Sharikov take from the house committee?
(a) Eighteen rubles.
(b) Twenty-one rubles.
(c) Seven rubles.
(d) Twelve rubles.

3. What is the object that Philippovich examines in a jar?
(a) Sharik's appendix.
(b) Sharik's seminal vesicles.
(c) Sharik's gall bladder.
(d) Sharik's pituitary gland.

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

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

6. What does the object in the jar that Philippovich examines in Chapter 7 look like?
(a) A purple lump.
(b) A pink lump.
(c) A white lump.
(d) A yellowish lump.

7. Who is Philippovich compared to while in his study in Chapter 7?
(a) Lazarus.
(b) God.
(c) Faust.
(d) Satan.

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

9. Where does the dog run out from in the Epilogue?
(a) The examination room.
(b) The bathroom.
(c) The kitchen.
(d) The office.

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

11. What does Philippovich suggest Sharikov do in the evening?
(a) Go to sleep.
(b) Read something.
(c) Go out for drinks.
(d) Go for a walk.

12. How long after attending the circus does an argument break out in the household?
(a) One month.
(b) Three days.
(c) About a week.
(d) Two weeks.

13. What does Philippovich ask Zina to throw in the fire in Chapter 7?
(a) The table scraps from dinner.
(b) His notes about Sharikov's operation.
(c) Sharikov's library book.
(d) Sharikov's flea-infested clothing.

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

15. What does Sharik want his first name to be?
(a) Polygraph.
(b) Sharik.
(c) Philippovich.
(d) Politariat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the police do at the apartment?

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

3. What does Sharik refer to Phillipovich as in the Epilogue?

4. How is the woman who comes back to the apartment with Sharikov in Chapter 9 described?

5. By the time the commotion that Sharikov causes in Chapter 8 is over, what is the hour?

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