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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where does Petrushka tell Golyadkin he has been?
(a) To see good people.
(b) To see Klara Olsufyevna.
(c) Drinking with friends.
(d) To see Andrey Filippovich.

4. 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) Forthrightness.
(d) Irony.

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(c) That he has been replaced by Golyadkin Junior.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

6. What does Anton Antonovich have a medal for?
(a) Excellence in leadership.
(b) Twenty years service.
(c) Bravery in war.
(d) International distinction.

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

8. What does Golyadkin ask Petrushka to do for him?
(a) Get out at once.
(b) Stay on as his servant.
(c) Prepare dinner.
(d) Get a carriage.

9. How does Golyadkin act toward his double at his house?
(a) He is hostile.
(b) He is magnanimous.
(c) He is indifferent toward him.
(d) He is off-handed.

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

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

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

13. Whom does Golyadkin appeal to as his last resort?
(a) Andrey Filippovich.
(b) Olsufy Ivanovich.
(c) Golyadkin Junior
(d) Anton Antonovich Setochkin.

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

15. 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 wipes his hand after shaking Golyadkin’s hand.
(c) He slaps Golyadkin in the face.
(d) He insults Golyadkin’s name and honor.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Golyadkin Junior tell Golyadkin when he catches up with him?

3. What does Petrushka tell Golyadkin in the morning after Golyadkin had spent the night with Golyadkin Junior?

4. How is Golyadkin Junior described at dinner?

5. What does Golyadkin tell his double in a letter?

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