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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is making the shrieking Golyadkin hears after he leaves the banquet?
(a) Ships’ anchor chains.
(b) Chains from the prison.
(c) Wind in the church towers.
(d) Lamps in the wind.

2. What is the tone of this opening chapter?
(a) Caricature.
(b) Surrealism.
(c) Tragedy.
(d) Realism.

3. What is Golyadkin’s reaction to seeing the clerks?
(a) He is scandalized.
(b) He is beset with worry.
(c) He is guilty.
(d) He is relieved.

4. Where does Golyadkin send his carriage away?
(a) At his home.
(b) At a restaurant.
(c) At Nevsky Prospekt.
(d) At Olsufy Ivanovich’s house.

5. 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.

6. How does Golyadkin describe himself?
(a) As a serious thinker.
(b) As a care-free person.
(c) A miserable wretch.
(d) As a peace-loving man.

7. What time is it when Golyadkin leaves the banquet?
(a) Two a.m.
(b) Four a.m.
(c) Midnight.
(d) 10 p.m.

8. Which literary term describes the narrator speaking directly to the reader?
(a) Direct discourse.
(b) Apostrophe.
(c) Personification.
(d) Narrative intrusion.

9. What compels Golyadkin to ring Krestyan Ivanovich’s bell?
(a) He needs to hear Krestyan Ivanovich’s opinion.
(b) He is impatient to hear Krestyan Ivanovich’s advice.
(c) He hears footsteps on the stairs.
(d) He looks at his watch and realizes that he is short on time.

10. What is the third blunder Golyadkin makes in Krestyan Ivanovich’s room?
(a) He fails to compliment Krestyan Ivanovich.
(b) He forgets why he came.
(c) He makes excuses for himself.
(d) He stutters instead of speaking.

11. How long does Golyadkin wait in the cold before entering the banquet?
(a) Three hours.
(b) All night.
(c) Six hours.
(d) One hour.

12. 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 false propriety.
(b) As belligerence.
(c) As false modesty.
(d) As rodomontade.

13. What is the occasion for the banquet at State Counsellor Berendyev’s house?
(a) State Counsellor Berendyev’s retirement.
(b) Klara Olsufyevna’s birthday.
(c) Klara Olsufyevna’s engagement.
(d) Olsufy Ivanovich’s promotion.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does Golyadkin have in his wallet, which he counts over and over again?

2. Which of the following best characterizes Golyadkin’s entrance to the party?

3. What does Golyadkin say when he finally catches his double?

4. What events are omitted between the end of Chapter 5 and the beginning of Chapter 6?

5. How long has Golyadkin reserved a carriage for?

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