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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the message of Golyadkin Junior’s poem to Golyadkin?
(a) Never forget me.
(b) You have replaced me.
(c) I am unworthy of you.
(d) You make it possible for me to be myself.

2. Where does Golyadkin send his carriage away?
(a) At a restaurant.
(b) At Olsufy Ivanovich’s house.
(c) At Nevsky Prospekt.
(d) At his home.

3. What is Golyadkin doing when Petrushka finds him?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Talking to friends.
(d) Stealing money.

4. Which of the following best characterizes Golyadkin’s entrance to the party?
(a) Sly.
(b) Graceful.
(c) Dashing.
(d) Bumbling.

5. What theory does Golyadkin advance to Anton Antonovich?
(a) That many people wear masks today.
(b) That he knows what masks are for.
(c) That he knows the secret of Golyadkin Junior’s appearance.
(d) That masks are hazardous to the social welfare.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Golyadkin Junior’s appearance described when he enters the office?

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

3. Which aspect of Golyadkin Junior’s personality does Golyadkin despise?

4. What compels Golyadkin to ring Krestyan Ivanovich’s bell?

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

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