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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom does Golyadkin try to attribute the complications owing to his double?
(a) God.
(b) The Administration.
(c) Divine providence.
(d) Andrey Filippovich.

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

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

4. What gives Golyadkin a “voluptuous pleasure”?
(a) Rehearsing how he had been wronged.
(b) Planning his revenge.
(c) Condemning Golyadkin Junior.
(d) Rubbing salt in his wounds.

5. How does Golyadkin feel when Golyadkin Junior gets away with stealing his papers?
(a) Ready to do battle.
(b) Powerless.
(c) Confused.
(d) Crushed.

6. How are Golyadkin’s thoughts characterized when he is at his flat?
(a) As contemplative.
(b) As placid.
(c) As feverish.
(d) As tranquil.

7. On what grounds does Golyadkin condemn lksf?
(a) For being two-faced.
(b) For being ugly.
(c) For being spoiled.
(d) For being immoral.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Petrushka think Golyadkin is planning?

2. What shameless trick does Golyadkin Junior play on Golyadkin, for the second time, in His Excellency’s presence?

3. What does Anton Antonovich Setochkin tell Golyadkin?

4. What does Petrushka tell Golyadkin when he gets home at the beginning of Chapter 12?

5. What is Golyadkin Junior doing when Golyadkin arrives at the office?

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