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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Petrushka’s livery described?
(a) As handsome.
(b) As dignified.
(c) As bizarre.
(d) As outrageous.

2. Whom does Golyadkin say he complimented recently?
(a) Klara Olsufyevna.
(b) Andrey Filippovich.
(c) Karolina Ivanovna.
(d) Olsufy Ivanovich.

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

4. What power does Golyadkin say he has?
(a) The power to harm people with what he knows.
(b) The power to ruin a certain woman’s reputation.
(c) The power to ruin people with their secrets.
(d) He says that he is powerless.

5. How long has Golyadkin reserved a carriage for?
(a) All morning.
(b) A weekend.
(c) All day.
(d) One one-way trip.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Krestyan Ivanovich tell Golyadkin he has to do?

2. What disconcerts Golyadkin when he is in the carriage?

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

4. How does Golyadkin describe himself?

5. What does Dostoevsky say Golyadkin has difficulty with?

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