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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Golyadkin Junior say helped him get a position?
(a) Golyadkin’s father.
(b) An unnamed person.
(c) Andrey Filippovich.
(d) Golyadkin.

2. How did Olsufy Ivanovich suffer his disability?
(a) At birth.
(b) In an industrial accident.
(c) Falling from a horse.
(d) During the war.

3. Why can’t Golyadkin protest against injury in his sleepless visions?
(a) Because he himself has received only minor injuries in his lifetime.
(b) Because he has done things that are much worse than anything that has been done to him.
(c) Because he does not deserve the respect of being able to protest.
(d) Because he has participated in a kind of insult himself.

4. What is the message of Golyadkin Junior’s poem to Golyadkin?
(a) I am unworthy of you.
(b) Never forget me.
(c) You have replaced me.
(d) You make it possible for me to be myself.

5. What does Golyadkin tell his double in a letter?
(a) That he is going to expose him.
(b) That he apologizes for the misunderstandings.
(c) That he demands satisfaction in a duel.
(d) That he is leaving town.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Golyadkin Junior’s demeanor described when he sits in Golyadkin’s flat?

2. What does Golyadkin say it is sinful to do?

3. What is Petrushka’s response when Golyadkin shows up with his double?

4. How does Golyadkin refer to Olsufy Ivanovich?

5. What language does most of the discourse at the banquet take place in?

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