2. What does Dostoevsky say Golyadkin has difficulty with?
(a) His vision.
(b) Remembering his thoughts.
(c) Choosing his words.
(d) His balance.

3. Which of these things does Golyadkin NOT shop for?
(a) Dinner and tea service.
(b) A carriage.
(c) Jewelry.
(d) Women’s clothing.

4. What plot does Golyadkin say is afoot?
(a) To imprison Golyadkin.
(b) To catch a murderer.
(c) To murder someone.
(d) To murder someone’s reputation.

5. What is Golyadkin’s reaction the first time he sees Golyadkin Junior?
(a) Contentment.
(b) Curiosity.
(c) Fear.
(d) Satisfaction.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Golyadkin lose on his way home from the banquet?

2. What reason does the narrator give for his inability to describe the scene at the banquet?

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

4. What is the narrator’s as he describes Golyadkin’s shopping trip?

5. What season does The Double take place in?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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 the chase the stranger leads Golyadkin on.

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

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

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

10. What is the literary effect of the scene in Krestyan Ivanovich’s office?

(see the answer keys)

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