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

2. Whom does Golyadkin say he complimented recently?
(a) Olsufy Ivanovich.
(b) Klara Olsufyevna.
(c) Andrey Filippovich.
(d) Karolina Ivanovna.

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

4. What did Golyadkin expect when he entered the office?
(a) To be fired.
(b) Apologies from Olsufy Ivanovich.
(c) Something bad to happen.
(d) His double to have supplanted him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the event from which Golyadkin is turned away characterized?

2. What troubles Golyadkin in the middle of his shopping trip?

3. What compels Golyadkin to ring Krestyan Ivanovich’s bell?

4. What is Anton Antonovich Setochkin’s profession?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Golyadkin’s departure from the banquet.

2. What does the scene in Krestyan Ivanovich’s office tell the reader about Golyadkin’s personality?

3. What kinds of goods does Golyadkin go shopping for at Nevsky Prospekt?

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

5. Describe Golyadkin’s arrival at Olsufy Ivanovich’s house.

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

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

8. What blunders does Golyadkin make when he enters Krestyan Ivanovich’s office?

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

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

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