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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the tone of this opening chapter?
(a) Tragedy.
(b) Caricature.
(c) Surrealism.
(d) Realism.

2. How long does Golyadkin wait in the cold before entering the banquet?
(a) Six hours.
(b) All night.
(c) One hour.
(d) Three hours.

3. Where does Golyadkin go from Krestyan Ivanovich’s office?
(a) Home.
(b) Nevsky Prospekt.
(c) The office.
(d) Olsufy Ivanovich’s house.

4. How does Golyadkin feel as he approaches Olsufy Ivanovich’s house?
(a) Filled with good wishes.
(b) Nauseous.
(c) Full of dread.
(d) Neither dead nor alive.

5. What is Golyadkin’s reaction to seeing the clerks?
(a) He is relieved.
(b) He is guilty.
(c) He is scandalized.
(d) He is beset with worry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does the narrator give for his inability to describe the scene at the banquet?

2. What is the third blunder Golyadkin makes in Krestyan Ivanovich’s room?

3. What does Golyadkin dream about after he speaks to Klara Olsufyevna?

4. Where does Golyadkin send his carriage away?

5. What is Golyadkin doing when Petrushka finds him?

(see the answer key)

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