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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Olsufy Ivanovich suffer his disability?
(a) During the war.
(b) Falling from a horse.
(c) In an industrial accident.
(d) At birth.

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

3. What disconcerts Golyadkin when he is in the carriage?
(a) He meets two younger clerks.
(b) He is self-conscious about his clothing.
(c) He remembers an important errand he needed to run.
(d) He encounters the woman he hoped to see.

4. What power does Golyadkin say he has?
(a) He says that he is powerless.
(b) The power to ruin a certain woman’s reputation.
(c) The power to ruin people with their secrets.
(d) The power to harm people with what he knows.

5. What is wrong with Petrushka’s livery?
(a) It is threadbare.
(b) It is too small for him.
(c) It is too big for him.
(d) It is covered in stains.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Dostoevsky say Golyadkin has difficulty with?

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

4. What is Golyadkin Junior doing when Golyadkin arrives at the office?

5. What happens when Golyadkin tries to address Klara Olsufyevna?

(see the answer key)

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