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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Golyadkin described at the beginning of Chapter 11?
(a) He is determined to have his confrontation with Golyadkin Junior.
(b) He is so fragile a mosquito wing could break him.
(c) He is beside himself with grief.
(d) He is so confused he is stumbling around and not making sense.

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

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

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

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

6. What does Golyadkin tell his double in a letter?
(a) That he apologizes for the misunderstandings.
(b) That he is going to expose him.
(c) That he demands satisfaction in a duel.
(d) That he is leaving town.

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

8. Which of his body parts does Golyadkin lament?
(a) His eyes.
(b) His feet.
(c) His head.
(d) His belly.

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

10. What does Petrushka think Golyadkin is planning?
(a) Suicide.
(b) An elopement.
(c) Resigning his position.
(d) A robbery.

11. 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 is deeply disapointed by his disloyalty.
(c) He says that he loathes him for his loose morals.
(d) He says that he respects him even though he is a flunkey.

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

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

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

15. What does Golyadkin say it is sinful to do?
(a) Mock your host.
(b) Abuse someone’s charity.
(c) Complain.
(d) Send a guest away.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what grounds does Golyadkin condemn lksf?

2. Where does Petrushka tell Golyadkin he has been?

3. What does Golyadkin say is the status of his situation?

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

5. What does Klara Olsufyevna’s letter to Golyadkin Junior claim?

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