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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the clerks characterize Golyadkin’s appearance?
(a) Relaxed as befits a colleague.
(b) Pomaded like a fop.
(c) Dignified like an ambassador.
(d) Slovenly like a Russian.

2. What troubles Golyadkin in the middle of his shopping trip?
(a) Hot flashes.
(b) Apprehension about the night.
(c) Memories.
(d) Twinges of conscience.

3. When Golyadkin wakes up, Dostoevsky says that he discovers he lives in Petersburg, not in some other place: where is that other place?
(a) A hell of sorts.
(b) A faery realm.
(c) a palace.
(d) His hometown.

4. Where does Golyadkin go from Krestyan Ivanovich’s office?
(a) Nevsky Prospekt.
(b) The office.
(c) Olsufy Ivanovich’s house.
(d) Home.

5. How is Golyadkin Junior described at dinner?
(a) As timid.
(b) As comfortable.
(c) As ravenous.
(d) As jovial.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Dostoevsky characterize Golyadkin’s personality?

2. Which of the following types of phrases does Golyadkin use often?

3. Where does Golyadkin rush off to?

4. How long has Golyadkin reserved a carriage for?

5. What solution does Klara Olsufyevna propose?

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