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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 blinded him with a fog.
(b) They shook him to the core.
(c) They left him unscathed.
(d) They twisted his head around.

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

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

4. How is Golyadkin Junior’s demeanor described when he sits in Golyadkin’s flat?
(a) Malicious.
(b) Confident.
(c) Alert.
(d) Downtrodden.

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

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

7. What does Golyadkin Junior chide Golyadkin for in His Excellency’s presence?
(a) Having shown up at an inopportune time.
(b) Not knowing whom he is talking to.
(c) Using the wrong form of address.
(d) Slandering him.

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

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

10. How does Golyadkin refer to himself when he is berating himself?
(a) As a dangerous man
(b) As a crazy person.
(c) As a suicide.
(d) As an innocent victim.

11. What does Golyadkin say is the status of his situation?
(a) It all remains to be determined.
(b) It is already signed and sealed.
(c) It will never be resolved.
(d) It depends on catching Golyadkin Junior.

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

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

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

15. What does Golyadkin try to explain to himself, as he rushes to his next destination?
(a) Why Golyadkin Junior is violating the laws of propriety.
(b) Why his enemies have sought to persecute him this way.
(c) What sins he must have committed, that he should be haunted by a double.
(d) Why the authorities were not wrong to take Golyadkin Junior on.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Golyadkin think he can appeal to?

2. On what grounds does Golyadkin condemn lksf?

3. What is the message of Golyadkin Junior’s poem to Golyadkin?

4. How does Golyadkin Junior harass Golyadkin at the coffee shop?

5. What time is it when reaches the office?

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