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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Dostoevsky characterize Golyadkin’s personality?
(a) Easy-going.
(b) Delusional.
(c) Serious.
(d) Buffoonish.

2. What does Golyadkin imagine telling Golyadkin Junior?
(a) Where he might look for lodgings.
(b) How he could help him clear his name.
(c) Why he cannot stay with him.
(d) To clear out of town.

3. How does Golyadkin refer to Olsufy Ivanovich?
(a) As his tormentor.
(b) As his good friend.
(c) As his benefactor.
(d) As his uncle.

4. How does Golyadkin act toward his double at his house?
(a) He is indifferent toward him.
(b) He is off-handed.
(c) He is hostile.
(d) He is magnanimous.

5. How does the narrator describe Golyadkin upon leaving the banquet?
(a) A man who had just accomplished his goal.
(b) A man who wanted to hide from himself.
(c) A man who was being torn apart by conflicting desires.
(d) A man who has just lost everything he hoped for.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time is it when reaches the office?

2. What happens when Golyadkin tries to address Klara Olsufyevna?

3. What is Petrushka’s response when Golyadkin shows up with his double?

4. What gives Golyadkin a “voluptuous pleasure”?

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

(see the answer key)

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