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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What disconcerts Golyadkin when he is in the carriage?
(a) He is self-conscious about his clothing.
(b) He meets two younger clerks.
(c) He encounters the woman he hoped to see.
(d) He remembers an important errand he needed to run.

3. What does Golyadkin lose on his way home from the banquet?
(a) His way.
(b) His money.
(c) His coat.
(d) His galoshes.

4. What is Golyadkin’s reaction the first time he sees Golyadkin Junior?
(a) Contentment.
(b) Curiosity.
(c) Fear.
(d) Satisfaction.

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

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

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

8. What does Golyadkin will happen in time?
(a) Masks will fall from certain faces.
(b) His value will be revealed.
(c) He will unveil a damaging secret.
(d) He will find his way home.

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

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

11. What explanation is he given?
(a) That he had caused a scandal.
(b) That he mistook the invitation.
(c) None.
(d) That Olsufy Ivanovich is angry with him.

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

13. What kind of look does Golyadkin assume when Golyadkin Junior approaches him for the first time?
(a) As if he was minding his own business.
(b) As if he needs help.
(c) As if he should not be interrupted.
(d) As if he has been waiting for Golyadkin Junior.

14. What reason does the narrator give for his inability to describe the scene at the banquet?
(a) He is not accustomed to these people’s customs.
(b) He was not there.
(c) His pen is too feeble.
(d) He heard contradictory accounts of the banquet.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator characterize his account of this story?

2. How does Golyadkin feel as he approaches Olsufy Ivanovich’s house?

3. Which of the following types of phrases does Golyadkin use often?

4. How long has Golyadkin reserved a carriage for?

5. Where is Golyadkin before he enters the banquet?

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