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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following best describes Golyadkin’s mood when he finally enters the party?
(a) Irresolute.
(b) Brash.
(c) Angry.
(d) Frenzied.

2. How is the event from which Golyadkin is turned away characterized?
(a) As hedonistic.
(b) As excessive.
(c) As spartan.
(d) As sumptuous.

3. What theory does Golyadkin advance to Anton Antonovich?
(a) That masks are hazardous to the social welfare.
(b) That many people wear masks today.
(c) That he knows what masks are for.
(d) That he knows the secret of Golyadkin Junior’s appearance.

4. What spurs Golyadkin to turn and leave after his conversation with Andrey Filippovich?
(a) Footsteps on the stairs.
(b) Voices from within.
(c) The arrival of guards.
(d) The cold.

5. How does Golyadkin speak?
(a) In roundabout phrases.
(b) In flowery metaphors.
(c) In nonsensical gibberish.
(d) Directly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Golyadkin expect when he entered the office?

2. What is the manner in which Golyadkin says that Golyadkin Junior has sucked up to people?

3. What does Golyadkin will happen in time?

4. What is the literary term for difference between Golyadkin’s description of himself and the narrator’s account of his actions?

5. What does the narrator mean when he describes the “blessings of a St. Petersburg November”?

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