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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 find unusual about Petrushka the morning after the banquet?
(a) His absence.
(b) His belligerence.
(c) His silence.
(d) His self-satisfaction.

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

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

4. Which of the following best describes Golyadkin’s thoughts that everything could turn out all right in the end?
(a) False optimism.
(b) Tragic misreading of events.
(c) Realistic expectations.
(d) Comic misinterpretation.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What sensation does Golyadkin have as he leaves Olsufy Ivanovich’s house?

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

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

4. What is Olsufy Ivanovich’s disability?

5. Where does Golyadkin Junior end up sitting?

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