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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following isn’t Golyadkin good at?
(a) Getting places on time.
(b) Focusing on his work.
(c) Embellishing his speech.
(d) Managing his servant.

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

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

4. What unpleasant impression does Golyadkin have as he leaves Krestyan Ivanovich’s office?
(a) He sees Krestyan Ivanovich watching him from the window.
(b) He realizes that Krestyan Ivanovich had insulted him.
(c) He realizes that he left his money at Krestyan Ivanovich’s office.
(d) He remembers the actual reason fro his visit.

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

6. Who is Andrey Filippovich?
(a) Golyadkin’s boss.
(b) Golyadkin’s cousin.
(c) Golyadkin’s rival for a woman’ hand.
(d) Golyadkin’s friend.

7. Who does Golyadkin blame the previous night’s horrors on?
(a) Petrushka.
(b) His enemies.
(c) Himself.
(d) Fate.

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

9. When Golyadkin wakes up, Dostoevsky says that he discovers he lives in Petersburg, not in some other place: where is that other place?
(a) A hell of sorts.
(b) a palace.
(c) His hometown.
(d) A faery realm.

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

11. What does Dostoevsky say Golyadkin has difficulty with?
(a) Remembering his thoughts.
(b) Choosing his words.
(c) His balance.
(d) His vision.

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

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

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

15. How does the narrator characterize Golyadkin Junior?
(a) As Golyadkin’s spirit.
(b) As Golyadkin’s better half.
(c) As Golyadkin’s shame.
(d) As Golyadkin’s true self.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Golyadkin leave each of the shopkeepers with?

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

3. Where does Golyadkin find Petrushka when he looks for him?

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

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

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