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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What gives Golyadkin a “voluptuous pleasure”?
(a) Rubbing salt in his wounds.
(b) Rehearsing how he had been wronged.
(c) Planning his revenge.
(d) Condemning Golyadkin Junior.

2. How does Golyadkin feel when Golyadkin Junior gets away with stealing his papers?
(a) Ready to do battle.
(b) Crushed.
(c) Confused.
(d) Powerless.

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

4. What happens when Golyadkin tries to address Klara Olsufyevna?
(a) He begins well, then stumbles and loses his head.
(b) He addresses her in the most flattering terms, and she dances with him.
(c) He stammers, cannot ultimately speak, and retreats in shame.
(d) Vladimir Semyonovich cuts him off before he can begin.

5. How does Golyadkin Junior harass Golyadkin at the coffee shop?
(a) By making him pay for his pastries.
(b) By stealing his coat.
(c) By spilling coffee on him.
(d) By starting an argument with him, and then disappearing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Golyadkin say he is doing by bring Golyadkin Junior home?

2. Which of the following best describes Golyadkin’s thoughts that everything could turn out all right in the end?

3. How does Golyadkin speak?

4. Who is Andrey Filippovich?

5. What new issue does Golyadkin’s last resort raise to him?

(see the answer key)

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