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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. Whom does Pontius Pilate inquire after?

2. What signal do Woland and his crew use as a goodbye?

3. What does the doctor order from his nurse?

4. Who does Margarita see in the river?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Banga important?

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

4. How does Azazello greet the pair?

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

6. What does the Master do for Pontius Pilate?

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

8. What happens when the whistle blows?

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

10. How did Apt. 50 expand?

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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