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

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 has just lost everything he hoped for.
(c) A man who wanted to hide from himself.
(d) A man who had just accomplished his goal.

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

3. How is Golyadkin Junior’s appearance described when he enters the office?
(a) Audacious.
(b) Sly.
(c) Clumsy.
(d) Insignificant.

4. What does Golyadkin leave each of the shopkeepers with?
(a) Insults.
(b) His card.
(c) Payment in full.
(d) Promises to return with a deposit.

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

6. What does Krestyan Ivanovich tell Golyadkin he has to do?
(a) Follow his prescription.
(b) Travel.
(c) Stay at home and rest.
(d) Lead a thoughtful introspective life.

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

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

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

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

11. How much money does Golyadkin have in his wallet, which he counts over and over again?
(a) 250 rubles.
(b) 150 rubles.
(c) 750 rubles.
(d) 50 rubles.

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

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

14. 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.

15. 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 false propriety.
(c) As belligerence.
(d) As false modesty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Golyadkin doing when Petrushka finds him?

2. What happens when Golyadkin offers Klara Olsufyevna his hand?

3. What time is it when Golyadkin leaves the banquet?

4. What power does Golyadkin say he has?

5. How do the clerks respond to Golyadkin’s account of himself?

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