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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Golyadkin Junior’s demeanor described when he sits in Golyadkin’s flat?
(a) Downtrodden.
(b) Confident.
(c) Alert.
(d) Malicious.

2. What is Golyadkin’s frame of reference for understanding the banquet?
(a) Newspaper accounts.
(b) Hearsay.
(c) Personal experience.
(d) Cheap French novels.

3. What plot does Golyadkin say is afoot?
(a) To imprison Golyadkin.
(b) To murder someone.
(c) To murder someone’s reputation.
(d) To catch a murderer.

4. What tone does Golyadkin take with Golyadkin Junior?
(a) A combination of accusation and conciliation.
(b) A combination of innuendo and guilt
(c) A combination of self-abasement and politeness.
(d) A combination of fury and cowardice.

5. What is the occasion for the banquet at State Counsellor Berendyev’s house?
(a) Klara Olsufyevna’s engagement.
(b) State Counsellor Berendyev’s retirement.
(c) Olsufy Ivanovich’s promotion.
(d) Klara Olsufyevna’s birthday.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Golyadkin feel as he approaches Olsufy Ivanovich’s house?

2. What do the cabbies tell Golyadkin when he asks them to take him to the office in his dream-state?

3. How does Dostoevsky characterize Golyadkin’s reaction to Petrushka’s livery?

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

5. What tone does Golyadkin take in his letter to Golyadkin Junior?

(see the answer key)

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