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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens when Golyadkin offers Klara Olsufyevna his hand?
(a) She wipes her hand with a handkerchief.
(b) She dances with him.
(c) She refuses to take it.
(d) She takes it, but everyone separates them.

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

4. What is the literary term for difference between Golyadkin’s description of himself and the narrator’s account of his actions?
(a) Synecdoche.
(b) Personification.
(c) Irony.
(d) Imagery.

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

6. What happens when Golyadkin tries to address Klara Olsufyevna?
(a) He addresses her in the most flattering terms, and she dances with him.
(b) Vladimir Semyonovich cuts him off before he can begin.
(c) He begins well, then stumbles and loses his head.
(d) He stammers, cannot ultimately speak, and retreats in shame.

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

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

9. How is Golyadkin characterized as he leaves the banquet?
(a) Redeemed.
(b) Murdered.
(c) Delighted.
(d) Crushed.

10. How does Golyadkin protect himself in Krestyan Ivanovich’s room?
(a) With a steady stream of self-praise.
(b) With aggressive questions.
(c) With a pugnacious attitude.
(d) With a defiant look.

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

12. What did Golyadkin expect when he entered the office?
(a) Apologies from Olsufy Ivanovich.
(b) To be fired.
(c) His double to have supplanted him.
(d) Something bad to happen.

13. What spurs Golyadkin to turn and leave after his conversation with Andrey Filippovich?
(a) The cold.
(b) Footsteps on the stairs.
(c) Voices from within.
(d) The arrival of guards.

14. How did Olsufy Ivanovich suffer his disability?
(a) During the war.
(b) In an industrial accident.
(c) Falling from a horse.
(d) At birth.

15. What does the narrator mean when he describes the “blessings of a St. Petersburg November”?
(a) The night was balmy.
(b) The night was warm and festive.
(c) The night was crisp and clear.
(d) The night was cold and damp.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is wrong with Petrushka’s livery?

2. What is Golyadkin’s frame of reference for understanding the banquet?

3. What does Krestyan Ivanovich tell Golyadkin he has to do?

4. Which of the following best describes Golyadkin’s thoughts that everything could turn out all right in the end?

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

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