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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. What happens to the money Woland has given to people?

2. Where is Judas’s body now?

3. When is Judas going to be paid?

4. Where does the accountant go next?

5. Who arrives at the end of Chapter 22?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Apt. 50 expand?

2. What is the Baron’s experience used as?

3. How does the Master feel in Chapter 31?

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

5. What does the cat want to do?

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

7. What is strange about the suit in Chapter 17?

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

9. What does the Master do for Pontius Pilate?

10. Why is Banga important?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Woland is referred to as Satan at several points in the novel. However, he also performs some good deeds, notably for Margarita and the Master. With this as a starting point, discuss good and evil and the boundaries of these concepts in the novel.

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