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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Golyadkin imagine telling Golyadkin Junior?
(a) Why he cannot stay with him.
(b) How he could help him clear his name.
(c) To clear out of town.
(d) Where he might look for lodgings.

2. Why can’t Golyadkin protest against injury in his sleepless visions?
(a) Because he has done things that are much worse than anything that has been done to him.
(b) Because he does not deserve the respect of being able to protest.
(c) Because he himself has received only minor injuries in his lifetime.
(d) Because he has participated in a kind of insult himself.

3. How does Golyadkin Junior treat Andrey Filippovich?
(a) With contempt.
(b) With easy familiarity.
(c) With ingratiating kindness.
(d) With disrespect.

4. What does Petrushka tell Golyadkin in the morning after Golyadkin had spent the night with Golyadkin Junior?
(a) That Petrushka will be following his new master now.
(b) That the master is not at home.
(c) That Andrey Filippovich has been looking for him.
(d) That he will have to fix breakfast for himself.

5. What does Golyadkin consider doing?
(a) Killing Golyadkin Junior.
(b) Retreating.
(c) Confessing to Andrey Filippovich.
(d) Bribing Petrushka for information on Golyadkin Junior.

6. What is the manner in which Golyadkin says that Golyadkin Junior has sucked up to people?
(a) Unctuous.
(b) Officious.
(c) Disingenuous.
(d) Wily.

7. What does Golyadkin tell himself about the letter he has written?
(a) That he is within his rights.
(b) That he really deserves satisfaction through violence.
(c) That Golyadkin Junior is getting off easy.
(d) That he will lose everything if his letter does not have the effect he intended.

8. Who does Golyadkin Junior say helped him get a position?
(a) Golyadkin.
(b) Andrey Filippovich.
(c) Golyadkin’s father.
(d) An unnamed person.

9. How is Golyadkin Junior’s demeanor described when he sits in Golyadkin’s flat?
(a) Malicious.
(b) Confident.
(c) Alert.
(d) Downtrodden.

10. What sensation does the reader get when Golyadkin says that he keeps to the straight and narrow, and that he despises deviousness?
(a) Outrageousness.
(b) Humor.
(c) Irony.
(d) Forthrightness.

11. What solution does Klara Olsufyevna propose?
(a) She wants to be married.
(b) She wants Golyadkin to be killed.
(c) She wants Golyadkin Junior to fight a duel with Golyadkin.
(d) She wants to elope with Golyadkin Junior.

12. What shameless trick does Golyadkin Junior play on Golyadkin, for the second time, in His Excellency’s presence?
(a) He pinches Golyadkin’s cheeks like a child.
(b) He slaps Golyadkin in the face.
(c) He wipes his hand after shaking Golyadkin’s hand.
(d) He insults Golyadkin’s name and honor.

13. What is the message of Golyadkin Junior’s poem to Golyadkin?
(a) I am unworthy of you.
(b) You have replaced me.
(c) You make it possible for me to be myself.
(d) Never forget me.

14. How does Golyadkin Junior annihilate Golyadkin in the office?
(a) By insulting him in front of His Excellency.
(b) By wiping his hand after he touches Golyadkin’s hand.
(c) By reciting his sins to the workers there.
(d) By taking his desk.

15. What does Golyadkin Junior tell Golyadkin about his living arrangements?
(a) He has always lived in this flat.
(b) He is currently looking for rooms.
(c) He has a large flat across town.
(d) He cannot afford a flat.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Golyadkin Junior steal the papers from Golyadkin?

2. What does Golyadkin believe Golyadkin Junior is responsible for when he sees him in his sleeplessness?

3. How did the previous day’s events affect Golyadkin?

4. What does Golyadkin tell His Excellency he wants from him?

5. What is the tone of the letter Golyadkin receives in response to his letter to Golyadkin Junior?

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