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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Andrey Filippovich and Golyadkin have their conversation?
(a) In the ballroom.
(b) In the courtyard.
(c) On the stairs.
(d) In the entryway.

2. How does Dostoevsky describe Golyadkin’s appearance?
(a) Bald.
(b) Sallow.
(c) Sunken.
(d) Virile.

3. What is the manner in which Golyadkin says that Golyadkin Junior has sucked up to people?
(a) Wily.
(b) Disingenuous.
(c) Officious.
(d) Unctuous.

4. What does Golyadkin Junior tell Golyadkin when he catches up with him?
(a) That he does not have time to talk.
(b) That he knows his fate before Golyadkin knows it himself.
(c) That he will delight in Golyadkin’s ruin.
(d) That he is sorry for the trouble he has cause.

5. How does Chapter Five end, after Golyadkin catches his double?
(a) With a question mark.
(b) With a quote.
(c) With an ellipsis.
(d) With a metaphor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What claim does Golyadkin Junior make to Golyadkin?

2. Which of the following best characterizes the narrator’s technique of describing the banquet by accounting for his inability to describe the event sufficiently?

3. Which of the following best describes Golyadkin’s thoughts that everything could turn out all right in the end?

4. How is Petrushka’s livery described?

5. What is making the shrieking Golyadkin hears after he leaves the banquet?

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