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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. Which aspect of Golyadkin Junior’s personality does Golyadkin despise?
(a) His mincing.
(b) His audacity.
(c) His virtues.
(d) His disingenuousness.

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

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

4. What does Anton Antonovich have a medal for?
(a) Excellence in leadership.
(b) International distinction.
(c) Bravery in war.
(d) Twenty years service.

5. What time is it when Golyadkin finally gets out of bed?
(a) One p.m.
(b) Eight a.m.
(c) Noon.
(d) 10 a.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Golyadkin Junior annihilate Golyadkin in the office?

2. What does Golyadkin Junior tell Golyadkin about his living arrangements?

3. How does Golyadkin Junior greet Golyadkin?

4. Why can’t Golyadkin protest against injury in his sleepless visions?

5. What sensation does the reader get when Golyadkin says that he keeps to the straight and narrow, and that he despises deviousness?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Golyadkin plan to resolve the situation with Golyadkin Junior?

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

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

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

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

6. What requests does Golyadkin make of Petrushka?

7. What response does Golyadkin get to his letter?

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

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

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

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