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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Golyadkin decide the morning after the banquet?
(a) To retreat at once.
(b) To attack at the first opportunity.
(c) To appeal to a benefactor.
(d) To keep quiet.

2. What time is it when Golyadkin leaves the banquet?
(a) 10 p.m.
(b) Four a.m.
(c) Two a.m.
(d) Midnight.

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

4. How do the clerks characterize Golyadkin’s appearance?
(a) Pomaded like a fop.
(b) Relaxed as befits a colleague.
(c) Dignified like an ambassador.
(d) Slovenly like a Russian.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Golyadkin will happen in time?

2. Which literary term describes the narrator speaking directly to the reader?

3. What troubles Golyadkin in the middle of his shopping trip?

4. Where does Golyadkin send his carriage away?

5. How do the clerks respond to Golyadkin’s account of himself?

(see the answer key)

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