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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason does the narrator give for his inability to describe the scene at the banquet?
(a) He was not there.
(b) His pen is too feeble.
(c) He heard contradictory accounts of the banquet.
(d) He is not accustomed to these people’s customs.

2. What is wrong with Petrushka’s livery?
(a) It is covered in stains.
(b) It is too small for him.
(c) It is too big for him.
(d) It is threadbare.

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

4. How is Golyadkin characterized as he leaves the banquet?
(a) Crushed.
(b) Murdered.
(c) Redeemed.
(d) Delighted.

5. Where do Andrey Filippovich and Golyadkin have their conversation?
(a) In the courtyard.
(b) In the entryway.
(c) In the ballroom.
(d) On the stairs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator’s as he describes Golyadkin’s shopping trip?

2. What happens when Golyadkin offers Klara Olsufyevna his hand?

3. How did Olsufy Ivanovich suffer his disability?

4. What disconcerts Golyadkin when he is in the carriage?

5. How long has Golyadkin reserved a carriage for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What blunders does Golyadkin make when he enters Krestyan Ivanovich’s office?

2. What is Golyadkin’s sense as he chases the stranger?

3. Describe Golyadkin’s first encounter with his double.

4. Describe Golyadkin’s entrance into Olsufy Ivanovich’s banquet.

5. What is the literary effect of the scene in Krestyan Ivanovich’s office?

6. Describe Golyadkin’s feelings on leaving Olsufy Ivanovich’s house.

7. What is Krestyan Ivanovich’s opinion of Golyadkin?

8. Describe Golyadkin’s carriage journey in Chapter 1.

9. What is the meaning and significance of Golyadkin’s statement that “it’s not me at all”?

10. Describe the chase the stranger leads Golyadkin on.

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