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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What events are omitted between the end of Chapter 5 and the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) The overnight.
(b) The banquet.
(c) Golyadkin meeting his double.
(d) Golyadkin’s morning routine, before he goes to work.

2. What is Yakov Petrovich Golyadkin’s rank?
(a) Titular counselor.
(b) Copyist.
(c) Clerk.
(d) Director.

3. What is making the shrieking Golyadkin hears after he leaves the banquet?
(a) Ships’ anchor chains.
(b) Wind in the church towers.
(c) Lamps in the wind.
(d) Chains from the prison.

4. How long does Golyadkin wait in the cold before entering the banquet?
(a) All night.
(b) Six hours.
(c) One hour.
(d) Three hours.

5. What blunder does Golyadkin make when he comes into Krestyan Ivanovich’s room?
(a) He takes off his hat.
(b) He sits down without being invited to.
(c) He speaks before he is spoken to.
(d) He leaves his hat on.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Golyadkin say when he finally catches his double?

2. How does the narrator characterize Golyadkin Junior?

3. Which of the following best characterizes Golyadkin’s entrance to the party?

4. Which of these things does Golyadkin NOT shop for?

5. What happens when Golyadkin offers Klara Olsufyevna his hand?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Golyadkin’s purpose in getting into Olsufy Ivanovich’s banquet?

2. What is the meaning and significance of Golyadkin’s statement that “it’s not me at all”?

3. Describe Golyadkin’s feelings on leaving Olsufy Ivanovich’s house.

4. Describe Golyadkin’s departure from the banquet.

5. What rhetorical stance does the narrator take in describing the banquet at Olsufy Ivanovich’s house, and what is the effect of this stance for the reader?

6. Describe Golyadkin’s relationship with Petrushka.

7. What is Krestyan Ivanovich’s opinion of Golyadkin?

8. What does the narrator’s rhetoric have to do with Golyadkin’s tale in particular?

9. What is Golyadkin’s sense as he chases the stranger?

10. What does Dostoevsky say about the money Golyadkin counts and relishes?

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