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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Golyadkin Junior doing when Golyadkin arrives at the office?
(a) He is talking with clerks.
(b) He is going on a special mission.
(c) He is working at Golyadkin’s desk.
(d) He is copying out a contract.

2. How does Golyadkin Junior steal the papers from Golyadkin?
(a) By distracting Golyadkin with another matter.
(b) By saying there is a blot on them.
(c) By sending Golyadkin on an errand.
(d) By confusing Golyadkin with other papers.

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

4. What time is it when Golyadkin finally gets out of bed?
(a) Eight a.m.
(b) Noon.
(c) 10 a.m.
(d) One p.m.

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

6. What does Anton Antonovich Setochkin tell Golyadkin?
(a) That he will be notified officially tomorrow.
(b) That he has been charged with perjury.
(c) That he has been replaced by Golyadkin Junior.
(d) That he has lost his appeal.

7. What do the cabbies tell Golyadkin when he asks them to take him to the office in his dream-state?
(a) They cannot take a man who is two men.
(b) They have orders not to take him to the office.
(c) They have already taken him.
(d) He has to pay for the trip he just took.

8. What is Golyadkin’s sense of what fate has in store for him?
(a) Something that will reward him at last for his hard work.
(b) Something to vindicate him.
(c) Something unpleasant.
(d) Something that will end his troubles for once and for all.

9. What is Petrushka’s response when Golyadkin shows up with his double?
(a) Astonishment.
(b) Indifference.
(c) Distrust.
(d) Horror.

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

11. What does Petrushka tell Golyadkin when he gets home at the beginning of Chapter 12?
(a) That he is leaving
(b) That he is afraid that Golyadkin has been stealing from him.
(c) That he wants a raise.
(d) That Golyadkin has been evicted.

12. What sensation floods through Golyadkin after a night of carousing with Golyadkin Junior?
(a) Remorse.
(b) Nostalgia.
(c) Gratitude.
(d) Optimism.

13. What does Golyadkin say he is doing by bring Golyadkin Junior home?
(a) Complicating everything.
(b) Building an alliance.
(c) Putting his head in a noose.
(d) Getting clear of his troubles.

14. What is Golyadkin accused of?
(a) Gambling.
(b) Murder.
(c) Immoral behavior.
(d) Slander

15. Where does Golyadkin Junior go with Golyadkin’s papers?
(a) Straight to the Director’s office.
(b) Home.
(c) To the courthouse.
(d) To the copyists’.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Golyadkin feel when Golyadkin Junior gets away with stealing his papers?

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

3. What does Golyadkin say about the letter he wrote to Golyadkin Junior?

4. What does Golyadkin consider doing?

5. Which aspect of Golyadkin Junior’s personality does Golyadkin despise?

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