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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 does the dog notice when he wakes up?

2. What word does Sharik use to describe Philippovich in the examination room?

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

4. What does Philippovich wonder if Karl Marx has banned?

5. Which of the following is not one of the first words Sharik started saying?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Philippovich admit on January 8th?

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

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

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

5. What does Philippovich rant about at dinner with Dr. Bormenthal?

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

7. How does Sharik learn to read and why?

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

9. In Chapter 2, what does the group of four young people want, and how does Philippovich deal with the situation?

10. How does Philippovich say he was able to get Sharik to follow him home?

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

Examine and analyze the character Sharikov. What are his defining character traits? How is he connected to Klim and Sharik? What is his relationship like with Philippovich?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the social classes as they are portrayed in the novel Heart of a Dog. What social classes are portrayed? Which characters represent the social classes?

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