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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 does Golyadkin Junior annihilate Golyadkin in the office?
(a) By reciting his sins to the workers there.
(b) By wiping his hand after he touches Golyadkin’s hand.
(c) By insulting him in front of His Excellency.
(d) By taking his desk.

2. What does Golyadkin say about the letter he wrote to Golyadkin Junior?
(a) He says that he was not sane when he wrote it.
(b) He qualifies it.
(c) He disavows it.
(d) He reasserts his challenge.

3. What gives Golyadkin a “voluptuous pleasure”?
(a) Condemning Golyadkin Junior.
(b) Rubbing salt in his wounds.
(c) Planning his revenge.
(d) Rehearsing how he had been wronged.

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

5. What does Golyadkin try to explain to himself, as he rushes to his next destination?
(a) What sins he must have committed, that he should be haunted by a double.
(b) Why the authorities were not wrong to take Golyadkin Junior on.
(c) Why Golyadkin Junior is violating the laws of propriety.
(d) Why his enemies have sought to persecute him this way.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Golyadkin imagine telling Golyadkin Junior?

2. What does Petrushka tell Golyadkin when he gets home at the beginning of Chapter 12?

3. What tone does Golyadkin take with Golyadkin Junior?

4. What time is it when Golyadkin finally gets out of bed?

5. What does Golyadkin ask Petrushka to do for him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What profound experience does Golyadkin have in his sleep?

2. What response does Golyadkin get to his letter?

3. What is Golyadkin’s explanation for Golyadkin Junior’s existence?

4. What is the state of affairs when Golyadkin arrives home and talks with Petrushka?

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

6. Describe Golyadkin’s state as he chases Golyadkin after they leave the office together, and how does this state relate to Golyadkin’s previous states?

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

8. What is Golyadkin Junior like when Golyadkin finds him at the office?

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

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

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