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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Andrey Filippovich?
(a) Golyadkin’s boss.
(b) Golyadkin’s friend.
(c) Golyadkin’s cousin.
(d) Golyadkin’s rival for a woman’ hand.

3. What blunder does Golyadkin make when he comes into Krestyan Ivanovich’s room?
(a) He sits down without being invited to.
(b) He speaks before he is spoken to.
(c) He leaves his hat on.
(d) He takes off his hat.

4. What amount of money is this?
(a) Enough to furnish a small flat.
(b) A paltry sum.
(c) A good deal.
(d) Enough to go out for dinner.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Dostoevsky characterize Golyadkin’s personality?

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

3. How does Golyadkin describe himself?

4. When Golyadkin wakes up, Dostoevsky says that he discovers he lives in Petersburg, not in some other place: where is that other place?

5. Where does Golyadkin find Petrushka when he looks for him?

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