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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 is Natasha?

2. When is Judas going to be paid?

3. What does Woland provide for the Master?

4. What is Koroviev’s true form?

5. What does Margarita do when she hears two women arguing?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Apt. 50 expand?

3. How does Margarita leave her husband?

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

5. Who is the pig?

6. What changes about Behemoth in approaching the first store?

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

8. How does Azazello greet the pair?

9. What is the apartment like after the ball?

10. What does Matthew say about the Master?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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