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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. When did the stranger arrive in Moscow?

2. Why can’t Ivan do what is required of him in Chapter 8?

3. Where does the stranger say he will be staying?

4. What does the doctor claim Ivan doesn’t have to do?

5. Who has been following Yeshua?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bosoi react to seeing the dollars?

2. What does Woland really want to know?

3. What bothers Woland about Bengalsky?

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

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

6. What does Berlioz think about the stranger?

7. What elements of the story does Borsoi’s dream combine?

8. What is the significance of Pushkin?

9. What happened to the master’s novel?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Almost every character (beyond Woland and his group) is extremely confused at one point or another in the novel. Describe the use of chaos, mass chaos, and its effect on the individual as depicted in The Master and Margarita.

Essay Topic 2

Though The Master and Margarita examines profound themes, it is also a very funny book. Describe the use of humor in the novel and what it adds to the narrative and the characters’ development.

Essay Topic 3

One seemingly absurd transformation is that of Natasha and her pig. What is the significance of this transformation? How does it relate to the other characters? Is it actually absurd, in a final analysis?

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