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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator characterize Golyadkin Junior?
(a) As Golyadkin’s true self.
(b) As Golyadkin’s spirit.
(c) As Golyadkin’s better half.
(d) As Golyadkin’s shame.

2. What does Golyadkin mean when he says that something is a “Russian proverb”?
(a) It is a silly nothing.
(b) It is a learned bit of wisdom.
(c) It is a folk saying.
(d) It is childish and nonsensical.

3. How does Golyadkin speak?
(a) Directly.
(b) In roundabout phrases.
(c) In nonsensical gibberish.
(d) In flowery metaphors.

4. Which term describes the narrative tone when Golyadkin encounters his double in the office?
(a) Droll.
(b) Surreal.
(c) Dreamlike.
(d) Pugnacious.

5. What is Golyadkin’s frame of reference for understanding the banquet?
(a) Newspaper accounts.
(b) Personal experience.
(c) Cheap French novels.
(d) Hearsay.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Golyadkin wakes up, Dostoevsky says that he discovers he lives in Petersburg, not in some other place: where is that other place?

2. What does Klara Olsufyevna’s letter to Golyadkin Junior claim?

3. What is Golyadkin’s feeling about the money in his wallet?

4. Where does Golyadkin find Petrushka when he looks for him?

5. How long does Golyadkin wait in the cold before entering the banquet?

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