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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Golyadkin Junior tell Golyadkin about his living arrangements?
(a) He has always lived in this flat.
(b) He is currently looking for rooms.
(c) He has a large flat across town.
(d) He cannot afford a flat.

2. What does Anton Antonovich have a medal for?
(a) Excellence in leadership.
(b) Twenty years service.
(c) Bravery in war.
(d) International distinction.

3. What events are omitted between the end of Chapter 5 and the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) The banquet.
(b) The overnight.
(c) Golyadkin’s morning routine, before he goes to work.
(d) Golyadkin meeting his double.

4. What does Dostoevsky say Golyadkin has difficulty with?
(a) Remembering his thoughts.
(b) Choosing his words.
(c) His balance.
(d) His vision.

5. Who does Golyadkin Junior say helped him get a position?
(a) An unnamed person.
(b) Golyadkin.
(c) Andrey Filippovich.
(d) Golyadkin’s father.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator characterize his account of this story?

2. How does Dostoevsky characterize Golyadkin’s reaction to Petrushka’s livery?

3. What does Golyadkin decide the morning after the banquet?

4. What power does Golyadkin say he has?

5. Where is Golyadkin before he enters the banquet?

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