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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did the previous day’s events affect Golyadkin?
(a) They left him unscathed.
(b) They blinded him with a fog.
(c) They shook him to the core.
(d) They twisted his head around.

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

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

5. Whose work does Golyadkin say created all his troubles?
(a) The German woman.
(b) Golyadkin Junior.
(c) He himself.
(d) Klara Olsufyevna.

6. What tone does Golyadkin take with Golyadkin Junior?
(a) A combination of accusation and conciliation.
(b) A combination of innuendo and guilt
(c) A combination of fury and cowardice.
(d) A combination of self-abasement and politeness.

7. What new issue does Golyadkin’s last resort raise to him?
(a) His failures in his latest reports.
(b) His financial status.
(c) His gambling debts.
(d) His treatment of a young lady.

8. What does Golyadkin say would have happened if it weren’t for “this, all this”?
(a) He would have had a chance with Klara Olsufyevna.
(b) He would have been promoted.
(c) He would have redeemed himself through hard work.
(d) Everything would have been settled in one stroke.

9. What does Golyadkin say his opinion of Petrushka is?
(a) He says that he values him highly and asks him to stay.
(b) He says that he respects him even though he is a flunkey.
(c) He says that he loathes him for his loose morals.
(d) He says that he is deeply disapointed by his disloyalty.

10. Who does Golyadkin think he can appeal to?
(a) Golyadkin Junior himself.
(b) Olsufy Ivanovich.
(c) Andrey Filippovich.
(d) No one.

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

12. What claim does Golyadkin Junior make to Golyadkin?
(a) That he has never been his enemy.
(b) That he has always been looking out for him.
(c) That he was determined to undermine him from the start.
(d) That this is all Golyadkin’s fault.

13. What is the outcome of Golyadkin’s appeal to Andrey Filippovich?
(a) Andrey Filippovich sends him away.
(b) They are interrupted, and nothing happens.
(c) Golyadkin Junior interrupts him and turns Andrey Filippovich against him.
(d) Golyadkin stutters and cannot say anything.

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Golyadkin appeal to as his last resort?

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

3. What sensation does the reader get when Golyadkin says that he keeps to the straight and narrow, and that he despises deviousness?

4. What does Golyadkin say he is doing by bring Golyadkin Junior home?

5. What does Golyadkin ask Petrushka to do for him?

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