Praise Be to the Rooster

Read chapter XIV (Praise Be to the Rooster) and XVI (The Execution) in the Master of Margarita by mikhail bulgakov english edition.
after that answer these questions in order by number. A sentence or two is good.

1.) What happened to the nice clothes Fagot and Woland had given to the women at the Magic Show.

2.) How do the Soviet citizens on the street react to the women who had been tricked by Woland?

3.) What does Varenukha tell Rimsky about Likhodeev?

4.) Is Varenukha telling the truth?

5.) Why is the chapter titled “Praise be to the Rooster?”

SKIP CHAPTER XV if you would like (it was skipped in many versions of The Master and Margarita and it is not necessary for understanding the rest of the novel)

***Chapter XVI: “The Execution”

1.) Whose execution takes place in this chapter?

2.) Who is the “black-bearded man” who is observing the execution from nearby? (146)

3.) What is he writing on his parchment?

4.) Why does Matvei Levi blame himself for Yeshua’s death?

5.) Why does Levi want to stab Yeshua in the back? (148)

6.) Please see the note in the Commentary on p.349. Is Bulgakov closely following the Biblical account of Jesus’ crucifixion? What is more important than accuracy to Bulgakov?

7.) Why do you think Bulgakov uses such gruesome detail to describe Yeshua’s death?

8.) Why does Levi lose faith in God? (149)

9.) Why does the executioner pierce Yeshua’s heart?

10.) What happens to Yeshua’s body?