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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 does the item Bormenthal is carrying smell like to Sharik?
(a) Evil.
(b) Meat.
(c) A dog.
(d) Death.

2. Within how many days does Sharik show signs of recovery from the surgery?
(a) Six days.
(b) Ten days.
(c) Two days.
(d) Four days.

3. How old was the man whose organs were used for Sharik's surgery?
(a) Twenty-five years old.
(b) Forty-three years old.
(c) Fifty-two years old.
(d) Thirty-seven years old.

4. What did Philippovich expect would be the effect of his surgery on Sharik?
(a) Rejuvenation.
(b) Humanization.
(c) Death.
(d) Transformation.

5. What is the name of the dog?
(a) Foma.
(b) Alik.
(c) Sharik.
(d) Ilari.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the dog's education said to have started with?

2. What once stood in the hallway of Philippovich's building?

3. What does Philippovich say is the only way to get living creatures to respond?

4. What does the dog learn to do on his own?

5. On evenings Philippovich stays in, what does he study in his office?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Philippovich admit on January 8th?

2. What excites Philippovich early in Chapter 4?

3. What does Sharik notice when he awakes in the examination room in Chapter 2?

4. What does Philippovich's doorman tell him when he arrives home at the end of the chapter?

5. What does Bormenthal find out about the man whose organs were used for Sharik's surgery?

6. What is the dog doing at the beginning of Chapter 1?

7. What are Sharik's last thoughts before being put under for the surgery?

8. What does Philippovich admit after the surgery is complete?

9. What direction does Philippovich give Dr. Bormenthal in Chapter 3?

10. Where does Zina take Sharik when he arrives at Philippovich's apartment, and what frightens him there?

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