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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 do the Master and Margarita leave?

2. Who is Niza?

3. Who has read the Master’s novel?

4. What does Margarita do at the end of the chapter?

5. How does Margarita travel after the river?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Apt. 50 expand?

2. What happened to Baron Maigel, from the outside?

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

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

5. What does the cat want to do?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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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