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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 do the police do at the apartment?

2. How does Sharik refer to Bormenthal in the Epilogue?

3. How does Sharik feel living with Philippovich in Chapter 6?

4. When asked about his smell, what does Sharikov say he has been doing?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What document does Sharik ask Philippovich to get for him in Chapter 6?

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

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

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

5. What does Sharikov do to himself following his argument with Philip in Chapter 8?

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

7. How is Sharik dressed at the dinner table in Chapter 6?

8. What sends Philippovich through the roof at the dinner table in Chapter 6?

9. What happens when Sharikov chases a cat into the bathroom in Chapter 6?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the freedom versus comforts conflict in the novel Heart of a Dog. How do the characters, particularly Philippovich and Sharik, struggle with this conflict? What are some examples of freedoms in the novel, as well as some examples of comforts?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss conflict in Heart of a Dog. Who is in conflict with who or what? How do the conflicts play out in the narrative? Are the conflicts resolved? If so, how?

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