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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 imagine telling Golyadkin Junior?
(a) Why he cannot stay with him.
(b) Where he might look for lodgings.
(c) To clear out of town.
(d) How he could help him clear his name.

2. What is Petrushka’s response when Golyadkin shows up with his double?
(a) Indifference.
(b) Horror.
(c) Astonishment.
(d) Distrust.

3. What is the outcome of Golyadkin’s appeal to Andrey Filippovich?
(a) Andrey Filippovich sends him away.
(b) Golyadkin stutters and cannot say anything.
(c) They are interrupted, and nothing happens.
(d) Golyadkin Junior interrupts him and turns Andrey Filippovich against him.

4. How does Golyadkin Junior greet Golyadkin?
(a) With indifference.
(b) With impatience.
(c) With hostility.
(d) With insolence.

5. Whom does Golyadkin appeal to as his last resort?
(a) Anton Antonovich Setochkin.
(b) Golyadkin Junior
(c) Olsufy Ivanovich.
(d) Andrey Filippovich.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Petrushka tell Golyadkin he has been?

2. What is Golyadkin Junior doing when Golyadkin arrives at the office?

3. How does Golyadkin Junior steal the papers from Golyadkin?

4. What does Golyadkin sense in Golyadkin Junior’s arrival?

5. What does Golyadkin say is the status of his situation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What requests does Golyadkin make of Petrushka?

2. Describe what happens when Golyadkin reaches Andrey Filippovich’s house.

3. Describe Golyadkin Junior’s entrance into the office.

4. What is the outcome of Golyadkin’s appeal to His Excellency?

5. What is Golyadkin Junior’s demeanor like when he arrives at Golyadkin’s flat?

6. How have things changed when Golyadkin wakes up in the morning after his drunken night with Golyadkin Junior.

7. Describe the letter Golyadkin sends to Golyadkin Junior.

8. What does the narrator say about Golyadkin’s tendency to exacerbate his feelings?

9. How does Golyadkin Junior take advantage of Golyadkin?

10. Describe the letter Golyadkin writes to Golyadkin Junior before going to the office.

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