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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 troubles Golyadkin in the middle of his shopping trip?
(a) Twinges of conscience.
(b) Apprehension about the night.
(c) Memories.
(d) Hot flashes.

2. What spurs Golyadkin to turn and leave after his conversation with Andrey Filippovich?
(a) The arrival of guards.
(b) The cold.
(c) Voices from within.
(d) Footsteps on the stairs.

3. Who does Golyadkin blame the previous night’s horrors on?
(a) His enemies.
(b) Fate.
(c) Himself.
(d) Petrushka.

4. What does Golyadkin mean when he says that something is a “Russian proverb”?
(a) It is a learned bit of wisdom.
(b) It is a silly nothing.
(c) It is childish and nonsensical.
(d) It is a folk saying.

5. What does Golyadkin will happen in time?
(a) Masks will fall from certain faces.
(b) His value will be revealed.
(c) He will find his way home.
(d) He will unveil a damaging secret.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Dostoevsky characterize Golyadkin’s reaction to Petrushka’s livery?

2. How did Olsufy Ivanovich suffer his disability?

3. How do the clerks characterize Golyadkin’s appearance?

4. What is Golyadkin told when he arrives at Olsufy Ivanovich’s house?

5. What amount of money is this?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the reader’s introduction to Yakov Petrovich Golyadkin.

2. Describe the scene of Golyadkin’s waking after chasing Golyadkin Junior.

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

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

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

6. Describe Golyadkin’s first encounter with his double.

7. Describe the action that takes place among the characters at the banquet in the beginning of Chapter 4.

8. Describe Golyadkin’s relationship with Petrushka.

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

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

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