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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following isn’t Golyadkin good at?
(a) Focusing on his work.
(b) Getting places on time.
(c) Embellishing his speech.
(d) Managing his servant.

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

3. What is the literary term for difference between Golyadkin’s description of himself and the narrator’s account of his actions?
(a) Synecdoche.
(b) Irony.
(c) Imagery.
(d) Personification.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much does Golyadkin spend during his shopping trip?

2. Why does Golyadkin stop to visit Krestyan Ivanovich?

3. How much money does Golyadkin have in his wallet, which he counts over and over again?

4. How is Petrushka’s livery described?

5. What is the narrator’s as he describes Golyadkin’s shopping trip?

(see the answer key)

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