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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 Philippovich conclude that the hypophysis is?

2. What is Philippovich wearing when the police come to his apartment?

3. Who does Sharikov bring back with him to the apartment late at night in Chapter 8?

4. In Chapter 9 what had Sharikov told the young woman had happened to him?

5. What does Philippovich ask Shyonder in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Sharikov bring home with him after going out drinking and how are they dealt with?

2. At the end of the argument about socialism, what does Philippovich tell Zina to do?

3. Why is the house committee upset with Sharikov in Chapter 9?

4. What does Sharik want his official name to be, and how did he come up with it?

5. In Chapter 7, what does Sharikov want to do in the evening?

6. What do the men argue about at the beginning of Chapter 8?

7. Where does Sharikov find a job, and who helps him find it?

8. In Chapter 8, how has Sharikov become even more like Klim?

9. What does Sharik look like in the Epilogue?

10. What does Sharik say he suspects about his ancestry in the Epilogue?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the proletariat social class. Who is a proletariat in the novel? Who dislikes the proletariats? Why? Based on the novel, what might Bulgakov's opinion of proletariat be?

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

Discuss Philippovich's creation and his need to create. What does Philippovich create? Why does he do so? What effect does his creation have on him? Was his creation successful?

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