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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the apartment building's doorman?
(a) Anatoli.
(b) Fyodor.
(c) Mikhail.
(d) Evgeny.

2. After returning home what is Sharikov NOT found to have stolen?
(a) A beaver hat.
(b) A cane.
(c) A lighter.
(d) An ashtray.

3. What does Philippovich lock the jar within?
(a) His desk.
(b) An armoire.
(c) A bookcase.
(d) A medicine cabinet.

4. Who is not arrested for what happened to Sharikov?
(a) Philippovich.
(b) Zina.
(c) Bormenthal.
(d) Shvonder.

5. How is the woman who comes back to the apartment with Sharikov in Chapter 9 described?
(a) Cherubic.
(b) Young and thin.
(c) Frail and pale.
(d) Frizzy haired.

6. By the time the commotion that Sharikov causes in Chapter 8 is over, what is the hour?
(a) Five a.m.
(b) Midnight.
(c) One-thirty a.m.
(d) Three a.m.

7. What do the officers want to know about the dog?
(a) How he lost all his hair.
(b) What happened to his head.
(c) How he could be appointed to a job.
(d) How he managed to cash his paycheques.

8. Who does Sharikov defend in Chapter 7?
(a) Bormenthal.
(b) Darya
(c) Zina.
(d) Shyonder.

9. What does Sharikov do since he is so upset by his argument with Philippovich ?
(a) Throws plates across the room.
(b) Punches Philippovich.
(c) Slashes his cheek with a razor.
(d) Runs away.

10. What is Philippovich waiting for at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) For Bormenthal and Sharikov to come home.
(b) For a telephone call.
(c) For divine inspiration.
(d) For Zina to bring him a drink.

11. In Chapter 7, who is NOT sitting at the dinner table?
(a) Bormenthal.
(b) Shyonder.
(c) Philippovich.
(d) Sharikov.

12. Who does Philippovich ask to bring in the dog in the Epilogue?
(a) Zina.
(b) Darya.
(c) The doorman.
(d) Bormenthal.

13. How does Sharikov die?
(a) He is drowned.
(b) He is strangled.
(c) He is smothered by a pillow.
(d) He is hit on the head.

14. What did Sharikov say he would buy with the money from the committee?
(a) Food.
(b) Lightbulbs.
(c) Shoes.
(d) Textbooks.

15. What does Philippovich suggest Sharikov do in the evening?
(a) Go out for drinks.
(b) Read something.
(c) Go to sleep.
(d) Go for a walk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What doesn't Sharikov want Philippovich to call him?

2. What do the police do at the apartment?

3. What has Sharikov gotten a job doing?

4. What sends Philippovich through the roof at dinner?

5. What does Sharikov say he wants to do in the evening in Chapter 7?

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