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

2. How does Golyadkin characterize his own behavior toward his guest?
(a) As strictly charitable.
(b) As highly unusual.
(c) As highly proper.
(d) As unprecedented.

3. Which of the following best characterizes the narrator’s technique of describing the banquet by accounting for his inability to describe the event sufficiently?
(a) As rodomontade.
(b) As belligerence.
(c) As false propriety.
(d) As false modesty.

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

5. What is Petrushka’s response when Golyadkin shows up with his double?
(a) Horror.
(b) Distrust.
(c) Indifference.
(d) Astonishment.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What new issue does Golyadkin’s last resort raise to him?

3. What is the occasion for the banquet at State Counsellor Berendyev’s house?

4. Which of the following isn’t Golyadkin good at?

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

(see the answer key)

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