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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Golyadkin wakes up, Dostoevsky says that he discovers he lives in Petersburg, not in some other place: where is that other place?
(a) a palace.
(b) A faery realm.
(c) His hometown.
(d) A hell of sorts.

2. What does Golyadkin leave each of the shopkeepers with?
(a) Payment in full.
(b) Insults.
(c) Promises to return with a deposit.
(d) His card.

3. What season does The Double take place in?
(a) Winter.
(b) Autumn.
(c) Summer.
(d) Spring.

4. Which of these things does Golyadkin NOT shop for?
(a) Women’s clothing.
(b) Dinner and tea service.
(c) A carriage.
(d) Jewelry.

5. How does Dostoevsky describe Golyadkin’s appearance?
(a) Sunken.
(b) Virile.
(c) Bald.
(d) Sallow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the tone of this opening chapter?

2. What unpleasant impression does Golyadkin have as he leaves Krestyan Ivanovich’s office?

3. How does the narrator characterize his account of this story?

4. What explanation is he given?

5. How does Golyadkin speak?

(see the answer key)

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