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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. Who has been following Yeshua?

2. Who is Bengalsky?

3. What happens to Yeshua before he dies?

4. What initially pleases the audience?

5. What profession does Pontius Pilate think Yeshua might belong to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Woland really want to know?

2. What is the discontent surrounding Klyazma?

3. What do the members think of Bezdomny?

4. Why do they get the phone call not to send the telegram?

5. What is the significance of Pushkin?

6. Why does Dismas suffer more than the other prisoners?

7. What happens to Matthew and Yeshua at the end of the chapter?

8. What happened to the master’s novel?

9. How does Rimsky feel when he thinks Stepa has just been drunk?

10. How does Ivan feel towards the doctor?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Woland is referred to as Satan at several points in the novel. However, he also performs some good deeds, notably for Margarita and the Master. With this as a starting point, discuss good and evil and the boundaries of these concepts in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

A “story-within-a-story” is not a new concept; however, in The Master and Margarita, the story is not only the Master’s novel, but also a partially true story, told through other characters’ dreams, and so on. What are the various sources that tell the story of Pontius Pilate? Why is this significant?

Essay Topic 3

The Master and Margarita features many characters who are writers by profession. Who are they? What do they write? Is there a hierarchy among them? Describe the importance of this profession within the novel.

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