Check your understanding of the meaning of the show, the episode with Bengalsky's head, and the motif of vanishing gifts.
Before the exercises
Recall: Woland stages the show to test Muscovites; ten-ruble notes rain down, the “ladies' shop” opens; Behemoth tears off the emcee Bengalsky's head, and the crowd begs for it back. Below are questions about the meaning of these scenes.
Lesson notes
Recall: Woland stages the show to test Muscovites; ten-ruble notes rain down, the “ladies' shop” opens; Behemoth tears off the emcee Bengalsky's head, and the crowd begs for it back. Below are questions about the meaning of these scenes.