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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Golyadkin mean when he says that something is a “Russian proverb”?
(a) It is childish and nonsensical.
(b) It is a folk saying.
(c) It is a silly nothing.
(d) It is a learned bit of wisdom.

2. What troubles Golyadkin in the middle of his shopping trip?
(a) Twinges of conscience.
(b) Apprehension about the night.
(c) Hot flashes.
(d) Memories.

3. Which of the following best characterizes the narrator’s technique of describing the banquet by accounting for his inability to describe the event sufficiently?
(a) As false propriety.
(b) As false modesty.
(c) As rodomontade.
(d) As belligerence.

4. What is Olsufy Ivanovich’s disability?
(a) Fake eye.
(b) Deafness.
(c) Loss of one hand.
(d) Loss of his legs.

5. Which literary term describes the narrator speaking directly to the reader?
(a) Narrative intrusion.
(b) Apostrophe.
(c) Personification.
(d) Direct discourse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Golyadkin leave each of the shopkeepers with?

2. What plot does Golyadkin say is afoot?

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

4. What tone does Golyadkin take with his younger colleagues?

5. What does Krestyan Ivanovich tell Golyadkin he has to do?

(see the answer key)

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