The Master and Margarita, Chapter 6: Schizophrenia, as Was Said quiz

Questions and answers

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   Question 1. Why does Riukhin suddenly go cold when he looks closely at Ivan?

   • He sees Ivan does not recognize him
   • He sees the orderlies preparing straps
   • He sees a fresh wound on Ivan's head
   • Correct answer: He sees no trace of insanity in his eyes

   Ivan's eyes are clear as ever, and Riukhin fears they dragged a normal man to the clinic.

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   Question 2. When Ivan asks whether the doctor knows Berlioz, whom does the doctor think he means?

   • Correct answer: The composer of that name
   • A professor at the clinic
   • An official of the police
   • A poet from Griboedov's

   The doctor asks about the composer, and Ivan, upset, explains that the composer only shares Misha Berlioz's name.

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   Question 3. What object does the doctor point to on the woman's table, next to the icon?

   • A list of Ivan's poems
   • The napkins that bound Ivan
   • Correct answer: The broken candle Ivan took
   • The torn shirt Ivan wore

   Ivan says he took a little candle from the kitchen, and the doctor points to the broken one lying beside the icon.

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   Question 4. While Ivan shouts into the telephone, what does the woman quietly ask Riukhin?

   • Whether Ivan drinks every day
   • Correct answer: Whether Ivan is married
   • Whether Ivan has been here before
   • Whether Ivan has any money

   She asks if he is married and a member of a trade union; Riukhin answers single, and yes.

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   Question 5. What does Ivan murmur as he falls asleep after the injection?

   • That he will catch the consultant by morning
   • Correct answer: That he is most interested now in Pilate
   • That he forgives the doctor and orderlies
   • That Riukhin must bring him his clothes

   Sleepy and without malice, he says he is now interested most of all in Pontius Pilate, and closes his eyes.

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   Question 6. Why does Riukhin kick the restaurant napkins aside on the truck?

   • Correct answer: He decides fussing over them is foolish
   • The policeman orders him to clear the flatbed
   • The napkins are soaked and smell of vodka
   • The driver complains they will blow away

   He tries to collect them, then hisses that he is fussing like a fool and spurns them with his foot.

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   Question 7. What angers Riukhin most about the poet on the pedestal?

   • His statue faces away from Griboedov's veranda
   • His verses are still taught in every school
   • Moscow honors him above every living writer
   • Correct answer: Everything that happened to him led to his glory

   Riukhin insists that whatever happened to the man turned to his benefit, and calls his fame sheer luck.

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   Question 8. Which of these events actually occur in Chapter 6?

   • Ivan tells the doctor he is twenty-three years old.

     Happened

     Asked his age, Ivan first shouts at them all, then says he is twenty-three and threatens to file a complaint.

   • Ivan breaks the clinic window with his head.

     Didn't happen

     Ivan rushes head first into the window-blind, but the glass behind it gives no crack and the orderlies seize him.

   • Ivan calls the police from the examining room.

     Happened

     Ivan grabs the receiver and shouts to the officer on duty to send five motor cycles with machine-guns after the consultant.

   • The doctor promises to release Ivan in the morning.

     Didn't happen

     The doctor promises no release; he says only that no one will keep Ivan if it is not necessary, and later urges him to stay.

   • Riukhin returns to Griboedov's veranda at dawn.

     Happened

     At dawn Riukhin's truck reaches the boulevard, and minutes later he walks on to the now-empty veranda of Griboedov's.

   • Archibald Archibaldovich weeps over Homeless's fate.

     Didn't happen

     Archibald Archibaldovich asks about Homeless, but Riukhin sees that he is quite indifferent and not a bit sorry for him.

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   Question 9. What does 'physiognomy' mean in Ivan's jeer: "Look at his lenten physiognomy"?

   • A person's habits of speech
   • A person's style of dress
   • Correct answer: A person's face and features
   • A person's manner of walking

   Physiognomy means the face, often read as a sign of character; Ivan sneers at Riukhin's lean, pious-looking face.

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    Question 10. What is an 'ampoule', as in "a shiny little box with a sealed ampoule popped out"?

    • A small bell that calls the nurses
    • A lock that seals the clinic door
    • A lamp that lights the corridor
    • Correct answer: A sealed glass capsule of medicine

    An ampoule is a small sealed glass container holding a dose for injection, which the doctor soon gives Ivan.

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    Question 11. What does 'irretrievably' mean in "the night was irretrievably lost"?

    • In a way meant to be kept secret
    • Correct answer: In a way that cannot be recovered
    • In a way that happens very slowly
    • In a way that others will envy

    Irretrievably means beyond recovery; Riukhin knows the wasted night can never be gotten back.

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