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

2. What is Golyadkin accused of?
(a) Gambling.
(b) Murder.
(c) Slander
(d) Immoral behavior.

3. 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 Golyadkin Junior is violating the laws of propriety.
(c) Why his enemies have sought to persecute him this way.
(d) Why the authorities were not wrong to take Golyadkin Junior on.

4. How are Golyadkin’s thoughts characterized when he is at his flat?
(a) As placid.
(b) As feverish.
(c) As tranquil.
(d) As contemplative.

5. What does Golyadkin Junior tell Golyadkin when he catches up with him?
(a) That he does not have time to talk.
(b) That he will delight in Golyadkin’s ruin.
(c) That he knows his fate before Golyadkin knows it himself.
(d) That he is sorry for the trouble he has cause.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Golyadkin Junior harass Golyadkin at the coffee shop?

2. What do the cabbies tell Golyadkin when he asks them to take him to the office in his dream-state?

3. Whom does Golyadkin appeal to as his last resort?

4. What does Klara Olsufyevna’s letter to Golyadkin Junior claim?

5. What does Petrushka tell Golyadkin in the morning after Golyadkin had spent the night with Golyadkin Junior?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the importance of the letter Golyadkin receives from Klara Olsufyevna?

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

4. What trick does Golyadkin Junior play on Golyadkin when he leaves the coffee house where they have been talking?

5. How does Golyadkin Junior take advantage of Golyadkin?

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

7. Why does Golyadkin Junior say he appealed to Golyadkin?

8. How does Golyadkin Junior insult Golyadkin at the office?

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

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

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