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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. How old is Judas?

2. Where is Judas’s body now?

3. What report does Pilate receive in Chapter 26?

4. Why does Margarita agree to Woland’s request?

5. When is Judas going to be paid?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the alternate names for Satan’s ball?

2. Who is the tax-gatherer that Woland addresses?

3. In what way does Margarita compare herself to Matthew the Levit?

4. What does Margarita do with ink and a hammer in Chapter 21?

5. How does Arthanius perform his job?

6. What animal’s picture adorns several of Margarita’s accoutrements?

7. What is the barman’s reaction to Apt. 50?

8. What changes about Behemoth in approaching the first store?

9. Why is the dog still with Pilate?

10. Why is Niza important?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Characters of different kinds take refuge in religion in The Master and Margarita, to various ends. When is religion helpful to characters, and when does it lead them into mischief? Provide three examples.

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

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?

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