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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Golyadkin’s feeling about the money in his wallet?
(a) He is apprehensive about what to spend it on.
(b) He is delighted.
(c) He despairs that it won’t be enough.
(d) He is sad because it is already spent.

2. What does Dostoevsky say Golyadkin has difficulty with?
(a) His vision.
(b) His balance.
(c) Remembering his thoughts.
(d) Choosing his words.

3. What is the tone of this opening chapter?
(a) Tragedy.
(b) Caricature.
(c) Surrealism.
(d) Realism.

4. What does Golyadkin will happen in time?
(a) Masks will fall from certain faces.
(b) He will unveil a damaging secret.
(c) He will find his way home.
(d) His value will be revealed.

5. What is Golyadkin doing when Petrushka finds him?
(a) Stealing money.
(b) Talking to friends.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Drinking.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Golyadkin speak?

2. Whom does Golyadkin say he complimented recently?

3. What is Yakov Petrovich Golyadkin’s rank?

4. What compels Golyadkin to ring Krestyan Ivanovich’s bell?

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

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