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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Golyadkin go from Krestyan Ivanovich’s office?
(a) Olsufy Ivanovich’s house.
(b) Home.
(c) Nevsky Prospekt.
(d) The office.

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

3. What is Golyadkin’s reaction the first time he sees Golyadkin Junior?
(a) Contentment.
(b) Fear.
(c) Curiosity.
(d) Satisfaction.

4. 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) Personification.
(d) Imagery.

5. What compels Golyadkin to ring Krestyan Ivanovich’s bell?
(a) He is impatient to hear Krestyan Ivanovich’s advice.
(b) He needs to hear Krestyan Ivanovich’s opinion.
(c) He looks at his watch and realizes that he is short on time.
(d) He hears footsteps on the stairs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following types of phrases does Golyadkin use often?

2. Who is Andrey Filippovich?

3. How did Olsufy Ivanovich suffer his disability?

4. What events are omitted between the end of Chapter 5 and the beginning of Chapter 6?

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

(see the answer key)

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