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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What disconcerts Golyadkin when he is in the carriage?
(a) He encounters the woman he hoped to see.
(b) He remembers an important errand he needed to run.
(c) He is self-conscious about his clothing.
(d) He meets two younger clerks.

2. What does Krestyan Ivanovich tell Golyadkin he has to do?
(a) Stay at home and rest.
(b) Lead a thoughtful introspective life.
(c) Follow his prescription.
(d) Travel.

3. Who is Andrey Filippovich?
(a) Golyadkin’s rival for a woman’ hand.
(b) Golyadkin’s boss.
(c) Golyadkin’s friend.
(d) Golyadkin’s cousin.

4. How does Dostoevsky characterize Golyadkin’s reaction to Petrushka’s livery?
(a) He is apprehensive about whether it will make the right impression.
(b) He hopes that Petrushka can keep from ruining the clothes.
(c) He is mortified by his appearance.
(d) He is well satisfied.

5. What is the literary term for difference between Golyadkin’s description of himself and the narrator’s account of his actions?
(a) Irony.
(b) Imagery.
(c) Personification.
(d) Synecdoche.

Short Answer Questions

1. What amount of money is this?

2. How does Golyadkin speak?

3. What does Golyadkin mean when he says that something is a “Russian proverb”?

4. What season does The Double take place in?

5. What is Yakov Petrovich Golyadkin’s rank?

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