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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Yakov Petrovich Golyadkin’s rank?
(a) Director.
(b) Titular counselor.
(c) Clerk.
(d) Copyist.

2. What troubles Golyadkin in the middle of his shopping trip?
(a) Twinges of conscience.
(b) Apprehension about the night.
(c) Memories.
(d) Hot flashes.

3. What does the narrator mean when he describes the “blessings of a St. Petersburg November”?
(a) The night was balmy.
(b) The night was warm and festive.
(c) The night was cold and damp.
(d) The night was crisp and clear.

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

5. Which of the following best characterizes the narrator’s technique of describing the banquet by accounting for his inability to describe the event sufficiently?
(a) As false propriety.
(b) As belligerence.
(c) As false modesty.
(d) As rodomontade.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following best describes Golyadkin’s mood when he finally enters the party?

2. What does Golyadkin insist to Andrey Filippovich when he sees him at Olsufy Ivanovich’s house?

3. Which of the following isn’t Golyadkin good at?

4. How does Chapter Five end, after Golyadkin catches his double?

5. What does Golyadkin leave each of the shopkeepers with?

(see the answer key)

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