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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How did Olsufy Ivanovich suffer his disability?
2. Where does Golyadkin go from Krestyan Ivanovich’s office?
3. What does Golyadkin insist to Andrey Filippovich when he sees him at Olsufy Ivanovich’s house?
4. Which term describes the narrative tone when Golyadkin encounters his double in the office?
5. What did Golyadkin expect when he entered the office?
Short Essay Questions
1. What blunders does Golyadkin make when he enters Krestyan Ivanovich’s office?
2. Describe the weather into which Golyadkin is expelled from the banquet.
3. What is Golyadkin’s relationship with his coworkers?
4. Describe Golyadkin’s arrival at work the morning after the banquet.
5. Describe Golyadkin’s first encounter with his double.
6. What rhetorical stance does the narrator take in describing the banquet at Olsufy Ivanovich’s house, and what is the effect of this stance for the reader?
7. Describe the action that takes place among the characters at the banquet in the beginning of Chapter 4.
8. Describe Golyadkin’s feelings on leaving Olsufy Ivanovich’s house.
9. Describe Golyadkin’s carriage journey in Chapter 1.
10. What does the scene in Krestyan Ivanovich’s office tell the reader about Golyadkin’s personality?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What are the particular techniques Dostoevsky uses to convey the horror of Golyadkin’s situation? How does he keep the reader’s interest, and preserve the reader’s sense of strangeness in this encounter? What information is provided, and what information is withheld?
Essay Topic 2
Evaluate your own reading of The Double—did you resist it, or were you compelled by the story? What does your reading tell you about yourself and your interests? Use specific examples from the book to describe yourself as a reader.
Essay Topic 3
In what ways is The Double relevant to contemporary readers? What contemporary issues are in play in the book, and how would the book contribute to contemporary discussion? Cite specific discussions from contemporary sources, and cite specific instances from the book, that describe its contemporary relevance.
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