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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 leave each of the shopkeepers with?
(a) Payment in full.
(b) Promises to return with a deposit.
(c) Insults.
(d) His card.

2. Which of the following best describes Golyadkin’s mood when he finally enters the party?
(a) Brash.
(b) Irresolute.
(c) Angry.
(d) Frenzied.

3. How is the event from which Golyadkin is turned away characterized?
(a) As excessive.
(b) As hedonistic.
(c) As sumptuous.
(d) As spartan.

4. How does the narrator describe Golyadkin upon leaving the banquet?
(a) A man who has just lost everything he hoped for.
(b) A man who wanted to hide from himself.
(c) A man who had just accomplished his goal.
(d) A man who was being torn apart by conflicting desires.

5. What capacity does Golyadkin lose after meeting his double?
(a) The capacity for reason.
(b) The capacity of speech.
(c) The capacity of self-awareness.
(d) The capacity of sight.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Golyadkin’s reaction the first time he sees Golyadkin Junior?

2. What is Golyadkin doing when Petrushka finds him?

3. What is the tone of this opening chapter?

4. What reason does the narrator give for his inability to describe the scene at the banquet?

5. How does Golyadkin feel as he approaches Olsufy Ivanovich’s house?

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