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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 does Golyadkin dream about after he speaks to Klara Olsufyevna?
(a) Saving her if a chandelier were to fall.
(b) Spreading rumors about her to revenge himself.
(c) Fighting with Vladimir Semyonovich over her honor.
(d) Dying on the spot.

2. What tone does Golyadkin take with his younger colleagues?
(a) Cynicism.
(b) Bonhomie.
(c) Buffoonery.
(d) Aloofness.

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

4. Why does Golyadkin stop to visit Krestyan Ivanovich?
(a) To confess himself.
(b) To get money.
(c) To get medicine.
(d) To make a social call.

5. How does Golyadkin speak?
(a) In roundabout phrases.
(b) In flowery metaphors.
(c) Directly.
(d) In nonsensical gibberish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What language does most of the discourse at the banquet take place in?

2. Which of the following isn’t Golyadkin good at?

3. What does Golyadkin will happen in time?

4. How does Dostoevsky describe Krestyan Ivanovich?

5. What explanation is he given?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What confession does Golyadkin make to Krestyan Ivanovich?

5. Describe the chase the stranger leads Golyadkin on.

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

7. Describe Golyadkin’s arrival at work the morning after the banquet.

8. What is Golyadkin’s relationship with his coworkers?

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

10. Describe Golyadkin’s relationship with Petrushka.

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