2. What plot does Golyadkin say is afoot?
(a) To murder someone.
(b) To imprison Golyadkin.
(c) To murder someone’s reputation.
(d) To catch a murderer.

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

4. Where does Golyadkin find Petrushka when he looks for him?
(a) In the courtyard.
(b) In the street.
(c) In bed.
(d) In the hall.

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

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

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

8. What does Golyadkin insist to Andrey Filippovich when he sees him at Olsufy Ivanovich’s house?
(a) That some misunderstanding has occurred.
(b) That he has a message for him.
(c) That he is here on his own account.
(d) That he is the victim of a plot.

9. What blunder does Golyadkin make when he comes into Krestyan Ivanovich’s room?
(a) He takes off his hat.
(b) He leaves his hat on.
(c) He sits down without being invited to.
(d) He speaks before he is spoken to.

10. What time is it when Golyadkin leaves the banquet?
(a) Two a.m.
(b) 10 p.m.
(c) Midnight.
(d) Four a.m.

11. How does Dostoevsky characterize Golyadkin’s personality?
(a) Serious.
(b) Buffoonish.
(c) Easy-going.
(d) Delusional.

12. Which of the following best characterizes Golyadkin’s entrance to the party?
(a) Graceful.
(b) Sly.
(c) Dashing.
(d) Bumbling.

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

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

15. How does Chapter Five end, after Golyadkin catches his double?
(a) With an ellipsis.
(b) With a question mark.
(c) With a metaphor.
(d) With a quote.