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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. How does the man that the dog bit describe the dog?

2. What kind of staircase does the gentleman's building have?

3. Where does the dog forage for food?

4. What does the dog think about how people eat?

5. What is the dog afraid of?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What progress does Sharik make after January 10th?

3. What does the dog note about the food people eat?

4. What causes Sharik distress early in Chapter 4?

5. How does Sharik feel about being made to wear a collar?

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

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

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

9. What procedure do Dr. Bormenthal and Philippovich carry out on Sharik?

10. What does Philippovich think has happened to his galoshes?

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

Interpret Heart of a Dog as a satire. What is a satire? What makes Heart of a Dog a satire? What does the novel satirize?

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