Packet 2: Tossup 13

An expanding lexicon in this book begins with the utterance “abyr-valg,” which is decoded as meaning “fishopolis.” After being dazed by a glass panel, a character in this book observes a green-haired man wearing underpants decorated with black cats. A character in this book sings the lyrics “from Granada to Seville” while treating bureaucrats who allow him to keep his huge apartment. This book transitions from first-person narration to the contents of a lab notebook after the narrator is trepanned. This novella (10[1])opens (10[1])with its (-5[1])narrator yowling (10[1]-5[1])after being scalded with water thrown by a “proletarian” cook. (10[1]-5[1])In this novella, Filippovich uses sausage (10[1])to attract the stray Sharikov, (10[2])whom (10[2])he turns (10[1])into (10[2])human-like (10[1])Polygraph (10[1])Polygraphovich (10[3]-5[1])via pituitary gland implantation. For 10 points, what novella by Mikhail Bulgakov is (-5[1])titled for a canine? ■END■ (10[3]0[1])

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