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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Golyadkin believe Golyadkin Junior is responsible for when he sees him in his sleeplessness?
(a) His theft of the wallet full of rubles.
(b) His desire for attention and approval.
(c) His fall from grace.
(d) His bestial impulses.

4. What is the manner in which Golyadkin says that Golyadkin Junior has sucked up to people?
(a) Wily.
(b) Disingenuous.
(c) Unctuous.
(d) Officious.

5. What happens when Golyadkin offers Klara Olsufyevna his hand?
(a) She dances with him.
(b) She wipes her hand with a handkerchief.
(c) She takes it, but everyone separates them.
(d) She refuses to take it.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What time is it when Golyadkin finally gets out of bed?

3. Who does Golyadkin Junior say helped him get a position?

4. How is the event from which Golyadkin is turned away characterized?

5. What is the occasion for the banquet at State Counsellor Berendyev’s house?

(see the answer key)

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