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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. After locking up the jar, where does Philippovich put the key?

2. What sends Philippovich through the roof at dinner?

3. What does Sharikov whine about doing while his documents are being drawn up?

4. Who does the doorman call on to get rid of Sharikov's companions?

5. Where does Sharikov chase a cat into in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sharikov tell the doctors he has read in Chapter 7?

2. What definition is the reader unsure of at the end of Chapter 7?

3. What does Sharik look like in the Epilogue?

4. What does Philippovich tell the police about Sarik's surgery?

5. What does one of Philippovich's patients bring to show Philippovich in Chapter 9?

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

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

8. What does Bormenthal offer to do to deal with Sharikov?

9. Who comes to the apartment at the beginning of the Epilogue?

10. In Chapter 8, what conclusion does Philippovich come to about his operation on Sharik?

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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