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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. How do the clerks characterize Golyadkin’s appearance?
(a) Pomaded like a fop.
(b) Relaxed as befits a colleague.
(c) Slovenly like a Russian.
(d) Dignified like an ambassador.

2. How is Petrushka’s livery described?
(a) As bizarre.
(b) As handsome.
(c) As dignified.
(d) As outrageous.

3. Which of the following isn’t Golyadkin good at?
(a) Getting places on time.
(b) Focusing on his work.
(c) Embellishing his speech.
(d) Managing his servant.

4. Where does Golyadkin go from Krestyan Ivanovich’s office?
(a) The office.
(b) Olsufy Ivanovich’s house.
(c) Home.
(d) Nevsky Prospekt.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Golyadkin before he enters the banquet?

2. What does Golyadkin decide the morning after the banquet?

3. What does Golyadkin leave each of the shopkeepers with?

4. Who does Golyadkin blame the previous night’s horrors on?

5. What does the narrator mean when he describes the “blessings of a St. Petersburg November”?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the chase the stranger leads Golyadkin on.

3. Describe Golyadkin’s carriage journey in Chapter 1.

4. Describe the weather into which Golyadkin is expelled from the banquet.

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

6. Describe Golyadkin’s interaction with Andrey Filippovich after his interaction with Gerasimych.

7. Where does Golyadkin go after leaving Olsufy Ivanovich’s house?

8. 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?

9. Describe Golyadkin’s entrance into Olsufy Ivanovich’s banquet.

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

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