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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How do the clerks respond to Golyadkin’s account of himself?
(a) They compliment his views.
(b) They debate his choice of words.
(c) They crack up laughing.
(d) They agree silently.

3. What power does Golyadkin say he has?
(a) The power to ruin people with their secrets.
(b) The power to ruin a certain woman’s reputation.
(c) The power to harm people with what he knows.
(d) He says that he is powerless.

4. What is Anton Antonovich Setochkin’s profession?
(a) Chief Clerk.
(b) Department Head.
(c) Clerk.
(d) Titular Counsellor.

5. What events are omitted between the end of Chapter 5 and the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) The overnight.
(b) The banquet.
(c) Golyadkin meeting his double.
(d) Golyadkin’s morning routine, before he goes to work.

6. What is Yakov Petrovich Golyadkin’s rank?
(a) Copyist.
(b) Clerk.
(c) Director.
(d) Titular counselor.

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

8. How is Golyadkin used to salving his conscience?
(a) By irrefutable arguments.
(b) By being a good boss to those beneath him.
(c) By charitable giving.
(d) By good deeds.

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

10. What sensation does Golyadkin have as he leaves Olsufy Ivanovich’s house?
(a) That someone has placed a curse on him.
(b) That he has just lost his chance at a promotion.
(c) That he is the victim of a profound misunderstanding.
(d) That everyone is watching him from the windows.

11. How much does Golyadkin spend during his shopping trip?
(a) One and a half rubles.
(b) 100 rubles.
(c) 1,500 rubles.
(d) 75 rubles.

12. What does Golyadkin find unusual about Petrushka the morning after the banquet?
(a) His absence.
(b) His belligerence.
(c) His self-satisfaction.
(d) His silence.

13. What language does most of the discourse at the banquet take place in?
(a) French.
(b) Russian.
(c) Italian.
(d) English.

14. How does Dostoevsky describe Krestyan Ivanovich?
(a) Brisk young man.
(b) Healthy older gentleman.
(c) Virile middle-aged father.
(d) Sallow old chap.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What tone does Golyadkin take with his younger colleagues?

2. What is Golyadkin’s reaction the first time he sees Golyadkin Junior?

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

4. Which of these things does Golyadkin NOT shop for?

5. Why does Golyadkin stop to visit Krestyan Ivanovich?

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