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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. Where do Koroviev and Behemoth go after the shop?

2. Where does Margarita go after the river?

3. What must Margarita wear to the ball?

4. What happened to the Master’s body?

5. What does Margarita do when she hears two women arguing?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Arthanius perform his job?

2. Why is the dog still with Pilate?

3. How did Apt. 50 expand?

4. What did the neighbors hear during the ball?

5. Why is Niza important?

6. What happens first at the bank that surprises the accountant?

7. What does the Master think about Azazello’s arrival?

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

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

10. Whom does Poplosky come looking for, and whom does he find?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Towards the end of the book, Woland’s cronies transform into their original shapes. What are these shapes? How are they significant? How do they inform our understanding of the characters’ behavior in their modified forms earlier in the book?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Woland is surrounded by his three comrades. Each character represents a different aspect of his own personality; what are these? How do the characteristics manifest in the events of the novel?

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