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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. For what purpose is Margarita needed?

2. How does Margarita travel after the river?

3. What is Margarita’s final request?

4. Who else has used the cream?

5. What were Woland’s crew’s last actions in Moscow?

Short Essay Questions

1. What aspects of Margarita’s appearance are particularly altered by the cream?

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

3. What is the apartment like after the ball?

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

5. How does Azazello greet the pair?

6. Why is the dog still with Pilate?

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

8. How does Pilate feel about Yeshua’s death?

9. How did Apt. 50 expand?

10. Who is the pig?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Woland declares himself a performer of black magic at one point. What magic is particularly dark that he performs? Is there magic that seems less dark, or even perhaps positive?

Essay Topic 2

Several major characters end up in the asylum in the novel. What is the importance of the asylum? How is it characterized? How does this inform our understanding of Moscow, as per Essay 17?

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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