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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 read the Master’s novel?

2. Why can Margarita fly out into the open air?

3. What is Azazello’s true form?

4. When is Judas going to be paid?

5. What object troubles Frida?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the pig?

2. How does Arthanius perform his job?

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

4. Why is Niza important?

5. How does Margarita leave her husband?

6. What did the neighbors hear during the ball?

7. What happens when the whistle blows?

8. Why is the dog still with Pilate?

9. What does the Master do for Pontius Pilate?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

As the title suggests, The Master and Margarita focuses on the relationship between these two eponymous characters. What is this relationship? How does it begin? Change? What is its importance in the grander scheme of the events taking place in Moscow?

Essay Topic 2

Moscow almost acts as a character in the book itself. In what ways might this be true? How is the city important, and how does it aid and/or hinder the protagonists throughout the book?

Essay Topic 3

Many characters transform throughout the book, in big and small ways. Margarita turns into a witch, several characters die, are brought to life, turn into pigs, etc. What is the significance of these transformations? Pick one and explain how the character changes externally and internally.

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