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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused the dog to begin his education? .

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

3. Why does Dr. Bormenthal make most of the observations about Sharik's progress?

4. What does Sharik call the second doctor at Philippovich's office?

5. What does the dog judge people by?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the first signs that Sharik is undergoing a transformation?

2. What does Philippovich admit on January 8th?

3. In Chapter 3, what does Sharik destroy from Philippovich's office, and why isn't he punished?

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

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

6. Why does Bormenthal close his case history at the end of Chapter 5?

7. What does Sharik look like around January 8th?

8. Describe some of Philippovich's patients.

9. How does the dog judge people, and what does he decide about the sharply dressed gentleman?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the character Philippovich. What are his defining character traits? What does he do for a living, and how do his profession and interests lead to problems in the novel? What social class does he belong to? How does this influence him?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss socialism as it is portrayed in the novel Heart of a Dog.

Essay Topic 3

Why might Bulgakov have chosen to include an epilogue? How does the epilogue change one's experience of the novel? Does the epilogue go in a different direction than expected? Would the novel be substantially different if the epilogue was not included?

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