The novel master and margarita Bulgakov continues the tradition. An essay on Gogol's traditions in Mikhail Bulgakov's novel The Master and Margarita

Check the correct answers to the questions at the end of the test.

Test based on the novel by M.A. Bulgakov "The Master and Margarita"

Grade 11

1. In what year was the novel "The Master and Margarita" written:

1) in 1930 2) in 1939 3) in 1940

2. How many years did Bulgakov work on the novel The Master and Margarita?

1. 8 years old 10 years old 12 years old

3. In the novel, fantasy is a means of satire. In chapter 17 the suit of the chairman of the commission independently signs the resolutions. Whose traditions does Bulgakov continue here?

1. Gogol 2) Saltykov-Shchedrin 3) Dostoevsky

4. How would you define the composition of the work?

1. ring composition
2. "novel within a novel"
3. consistent plot composition, i.e. chronological order followed

5. It is known that literary critics find three main worlds in the novel. Find the fourth one.

1. ancient irshelaim
2. eternal otherworldly
3. fantastic
4. modern Moscow

6. Which of the heroes knows that the winner is always alone, that he has only enemies and envious people, he has no equal, there is no person with whom he would like to talk, he is called a ferocious monster, and he even boasts of this, because the world is ruled by law strength?

1. Pontius Pilate 2) Woland 3) Berlioz 4) Koroviev

7. During the interrogation of Yeshua, Pontius Pilate discovers that his mind no longer obeys him. He asks the accused a question that should not be asked in court. What is this question?

1. What is power? 2) What is life? 3) What is truth? 4) What is talent?

8. What vice does Woland consider the most serious?

1. lie 2) cowardice 3) betrayal 4) adultery

9. Who owns the words "Manuscripts do not burn"?

1. Margarita 2) Master 3) Yeshua 4) Woland

10. There are twin characters in the novel (Master - Yeshua, Aloysius - Judas, Ivan - Matvey Levi) and even twin objects (thunderstorm in Moscow and Yershalaim, jazz orchestra in Griboyedov and at Woland's ball). Does Margarita have twins?

1. Yes 2) No

11. Which of the characters is characterized as follows: “Looking for more than forty years old. The mouth is kind of crooked. Shaved smoothly. Brunette. The right eye is black, the left one is green for some reason. Eyebrows are black, but one is higher than the other?

1. Woland 2) Berlioz 3) Stravinsky 4) Azazello

12. In whom did the Master see his follower? Which of the heroes of the novel was imbued with the same philosophical ideas and moral categories as he himself?

1. Styopa Likhodeev 2) Ivan Bezdomny 3) Rimsky

13. Which of the characters is described as follows: “Convulsions now and then passed through his face. Fear and rage swam and darted in his eyes. The narrator pointed with his hand somewhere in the direction of the moon, which had long since left the balcony.

1. Yeshua Ha-Nozri
2. Dr. Stravinsky
3. Levy Matvey
4. Master

14. Which of the characters is described as follows: “Some kind of sick, or not sick, but strange, pale, overgrown with a beard, in a black cap and in some kind of dressing gown went down with unsteady steps”?

1. Pontius Pilate
2. Ivan Homeless
3. Master
4. Roman

15. Which of the characters owns the words: “And the Christians, without inventing anything new, created their Jesus in the same way, who in fact never lived”?

1. Koroviev
2. Berlioz
3. margarita
4. Pontius Pilate

16. Which of the characters owns the words: “Keep in mind that Jesus existed ... He just existed and nothing else ... And no evidence is required”?

1. Natasha
2. Woland
3. Ivan Homeless
4. Annushka

17. About whom Matthew Levi said: "He did not deserve light, he deserved peace"?

1. about Pontius Pilate
2. about Berlioz
3. about the Master
4. about Ivan Homeless

18. Why is Yeshua presented in the novel as a vagabond?

1. it fits the biblical story
2. the author seeks to contrast the character of Yeshua with the biblical image
3. the author emphasizes the inner freedom of the hero, opposed to the hierarchical world
4. the author seeks to show Yeshua as a poor man

19. Give detailed answers to the questions:

From what realities is the literary world of Moscow built? How was the real atmosphere of Bulgakov's ideological persecution, the atmosphere of life in Moscow in the twenties and thirties reflected in the novel The Master and Margarita?

Answers:

M. A. Bulgakov is a talented Russian writer who worked at the beginning of the 20th century. In his work, such a trend in Russian literature as "the fight against the devil" was especially prominent. In this sense, M. A. Bulgakov is, as it were, a successor to the traditions of N. V. Gogol in depicting the devil and hell - his habitat. The author himself spoke of the novel "The Master and Margarita": "I am writing a novel about the devil." The traditions of Gogol are most clearly manifested in this work of the writer.

For example, in Gogol's Dead Souls, the outskirts of the city N appear before us like hell - with its incomprehensible season, with its small devils, but the devil himself is not openly presented. In Bulgakov's novel, the devil is seen in action, and the specific city of Moscow becomes his temporary habitat. “Moscow gave off the heat accumulated in the asphalt, and it was clear that the night would not bring relief.” Well, isn't that hellish hell! The day turned out to be unusually hot, and on that day Woland appeared, as if he brought this heat with him.

Bulgakov also has such an important point as the description of the moon in the sky. The heroes constantly look at the moon, and it seems to push them to some thoughts and actions. Ivanushka stopped writing poetry, the master, looking at the moon, became worried. She is present in the novel, like a pagan goddess. And at the same time, the moon is a circle, and Gogol's circle is a symbol of eternity, immutability, and the isolation of what is happening. Perhaps Bulgakov, with the help of this detail, wanted to show that Moscow concentrated “everything that was already in ancient times? The same people, characters, deeds, virtues and vices?

Or remember the scene of Satan's ball. This is clearly a bunch of devils. Although no, not quite devils - rather "dead souls". Dead people, not even people anymore - non-humans, evil spirits, dead people. Bulgakov, as it were, continued Gogol: those dead souls that Chichikov collected in order to "resurrect" are gathered and revived here. For Bulgakov, the main condition for the revival, the resurrection of the soul, is faith. Woland says to Berlioz's head: "Among them (theories), there is one according to which each will be given according to his faith." After that, Berlioz goes into oblivion. After his death, he will never go to Woland's ball, although he sinned enough to be a guest at this terrible celebration, and he was killed through his intrigues. Here is the method of resurrection of the soul that Woland offers: each will be given according to his faith. And this method turns out to be the most effective of all proposed by both Gogol and Bulgakov.

There is another moment of global similarity here - the game of chess by Woland and Behemoth resembles a game of checkers by Nozdrev and Chichikov. The hippo also cheats. By winking, his king “understood, finally, what they wanted from him, suddenly pulled off his mantle, threw it on the cage and ran off the board.” But by doing so, Behemoth, unlike Nozdryov, admits his defeat. This game can be seen as a symbolic duel between good and evil, but evil wins because of Behemoth's "betrayal". This is a hidden allusion to Pilate's betrayal and Yeshua's crucifixion. But evil does not reign supreme in the world, and the silvery lunar road symbolizes the eternity of good.

Here, in brief, perhaps, are the main parallels that can be drawn between N.V. Gogol's "Dead Souls" and Bulgakov's novel "The Master and Margarita", created much later, but having the same power of influencing the reader as the great work of the Russian genius XIX century.

M. A. Bulgakov is a talented Russian writer who worked at the beginning of the 20th century. In his work, such a trend in Russian literature as "the fight against the devil" was especially prominent. In this sense, M. A. Bulgakov is, as it were, a successor to the traditions of N. V. Gogol in depicting the devil and hell - his habitat. The author himself spoke of the novel "The Master and Margarita": "I am writing a novel about the devil." The traditions of Gogol are most clearly manifested in this work of the writer. For example, in Gogol's Dead Souls, the outskirts of the city N appear before us like hell - with its incomprehensible season, with its small devils, but the devil himself is not openly represented. In Bulgakov's novel, the devil is seen in action, and the specific city of Moscow becomes his temporary habitat. “Moscow gave off the heat accumulated in the asphalt, and it was clear that the night would not bring relief.” Well, isn't that hellish hell! The day turned out to be unusually hot, and on that day Woland appeared, as if he brought this heat with him. Bulgakov also has such an important point as the description of the moon in the sky. The heroes constantly look at the moon, and it seems to push them to some thoughts and actions. Ivanushka stopped writing poetry, the master, looking at the moon, became worried. She is present in the novel, like a pagan goddess. And at the same time, the moon is a circle, and Gogol's circle is a symbol of eternity, immutability, and the isolation of what is happening. Perhaps Bulgakov, with the help of this detail, wanted to show that Moscow concentrated “everything that was already in ancient times? The same people, characters, deeds, virtues and vices? Or remember the scene of Satan's ball. This is clearly a bunch of devils. Although no, not quite devils - rather "dead souls". Dead people, not even people anymore - non-humans, evil spirits, dead people. Bulgakov, as it were, continued Gogol: those dead souls that Chichikov collected in order to "resurrect" are gathered and revived here. For Bulgakov, the main condition for the revival, the resurrection of the soul, is faith. Woland says to Berlioz's head: "Among them (theories), there is one according to which each will be given according to his faith." After that, Berlioz goes into oblivion. After his death, he will never go to Woland's ball, although he sinned enough to be a guest at this terrible celebration, and he was killed through his intrigues. Here is the method of resurrection of the soul that Woland offers: each will be given according to his faith. And this method turns out to be the most effective of all proposed by both Gogol and Bulgakov. There is another moment of global similarity here - the game of chess by Woland and Behemoth resembles a game of checkers by Nozdrev and Chichikov. The hippo also cheats. By winking, his king “understood, finally, what they wanted from him, suddenly pulled off his mantle, threw it on the cage and ran off the board.” But by doing so, Behemoth, unlike Nozdryov, admits his defeat. This game can be seen as a symbolic duel between good and evil, but evil wins because of Behemoth's "betrayal". This is a hidden allusion to Pilate's betrayal and Yeshua's crucifixion. But evil does not reign supreme in the world, and the silvery lunar road symbolizes the eternity of good. Here, in brief, perhaps, are the main parallels that can be drawn between N.V. Gogol's "Dead Souls" and Bulgakov's novel "The Master and Margarita", created much later, but having the same power of influencing the reader as the great work of the Russian genius XIX century.

M. A. Bulgakov is a talented Russian writer who worked at the beginning of the 20th century. In his work, such a trend in Russian literature as "the fight against the devil" was especially prominent. In this sense, M. A. Bulgakov is, as it were, a successor to the traditions of N. V. Gogol in depicting the devil and hell - his habitat. The author himself spoke of the novel "The Master and Margarita": "I am writing a novel about the devil." The traditions of Gogol are most clearly manifested in this work of the writer.

For example, in Gogol's Dead Souls, the outskirts of the city N appear before us like hell - with its incomprehensible season, with its small devils, but the devil himself is not openly presented. In Bulgakov's novel, the devil is seen in action, and the specific city of Moscow becomes his temporary habitat. “Moscow gave off the heat accumulated in the asphalt, and it was clear that the night would not bring relief.” Well, isn't that hellish hell! The day turned out to be unusually hot, and on that day Woland appeared, as if he brought this heat with him.

Bulgakov also has such an important point as the description of the moon in the sky. The heroes constantly look at the moon, and it seems to push them to some thoughts and actions. Ivanushka stopped writing poetry, the master, looking at the moon, became worried. She is present in the novel, like a pagan goddess. And at the same time, the moon is a circle, and Gogol's circle is a symbol of eternity, immutability, and the isolation of what is happening. Perhaps Bulgakov, with the help of this detail, wanted to show that Moscow concentrated “everything that was already in ancient times? The same people, characters, deeds, virtues and vices?

Or remember the scene of Satan's ball. This is clearly a bunch of devils. Although no, not quite devils - rather "dead souls". Dead people, not even people anymore - non-humans, evil spirits, dead people. Bulgakov, as it were, continued Gogol: those dead souls that Chichikov collected in order to "resurrect" are gathered and revived here. For Bulgakov, the main condition for the revival, the resurrection of the soul, is faith. Woland says to Berlioz's head: "Among them (theories), there is one according to which each will be given according to his faith." After that, Berlioz goes into oblivion. After his death, he will never go to Woland's ball, although he sinned enough to be a guest at this terrible celebration, and he was killed through his intrigues. Here is the method of resurrection of the soul that Woland offers: each will be given according to his faith. And this method turns out to be the most effective of all proposed by both Gogol and Bulgakov.

There is another moment of global similarity here - the game of chess by Woland and Behemoth resembles a game of checkers by Nozdrev and Chichikov. The hippo also cheats. By winking, his king “understood, finally, what they wanted from him, suddenly pulled off his mantle, threw it on the cage and ran off the board.” But by doing so, Behemoth, unlike Nozdryov, admits his defeat. This game can be seen as a symbolic duel between good and evil, but evil wins because of Behemoth's "betrayal". This is a hidden allusion to Pilate's betrayal and Yeshua's crucifixion. But evil does not reign supreme in the world, and the silvery lunar road symbolizes the eternity of good.

Here, in brief, perhaps, are the main parallels that can be drawn between N.V. Gogol's "Dead Souls" and Bulgakov's novel "The Master and Margarita", created much later, but having the same power of influencing the reader as the great work of the Russian genius XIX century.