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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Golyadkin Junior harass Golyadkin at the coffee shop?
(a) By spilling coffee on him.
(b) By making him pay for his pastries.
(c) By starting an argument with him, and then disappearing.
(d) By stealing his coat.

3. Where does Golyadkin rush off to?
(a) Andrey Filippovich’s house.
(b) Olsufy Ivanovich’s house.
(c) State Counsellor Berendyev’s house.
(d) Golyadkin Junior’s lodging house.

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

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

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

7. What theory does Golyadkin advance to Anton Antonovich?
(a) That many people wear masks today.
(b) That masks are hazardous to the social welfare.
(c) That he knows the secret of Golyadkin Junior’s appearance.
(d) That he knows what masks are for.

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

9. What does Golyadkin imagine telling Golyadkin Junior?
(a) Where he might look for lodgings.
(b) Why he cannot stay with him.
(c) How he could help him clear his name.
(d) To clear out of town.

10. What is the tone of the letter Golyadkin receives in response to his letter to Golyadkin Junior?
(a) Accusatory.
(b) Condescending.
(c) Coddling.
(d) Officious.

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

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

13. What does Golyadkin say about the letter he wrote to Golyadkin Junior?
(a) He reasserts his challenge.
(b) He qualifies it.
(c) He disavows it.
(d) He says that he was not sane when he wrote it.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What tone does Golyadkin take in his letter to Golyadkin Junior?

2. What does Golyadkin consider doing?

3. How is Golyadkin Junior described at dinner?

4. What is the manner in which Golyadkin says that Golyadkin Junior has sucked up to people?

5. How is Golyadkin Junior’s demeanor described when he sits in Golyadkin’s flat?

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