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

2. Why can’t Golyadkin protest against injury in his sleepless visions?
(a) Because he does not deserve the respect of being able to protest.
(b) Because he himself has received only minor injuries in his lifetime.
(c) Because he has participated in a kind of insult himself.
(d) Because he has done things that are much worse than anything that has been done to him.

3. What does Golyadkin say would have happened if it weren’t for “this, all this”?
(a) He would have redeemed himself through hard work.
(b) Everything would have been settled in one stroke.
(c) He would have had a chance with Klara Olsufyevna.
(d) He would have been promoted.

4. What claim does Golyadkin Junior make to Golyadkin?
(a) That he has never been his enemy.
(b) That he has always been looking out for him.
(c) That this is all Golyadkin’s fault.
(d) That he was determined to undermine him from the start.

5. What is the message of Golyadkin Junior’s poem to Golyadkin?
(a) I am unworthy of you.
(b) You have replaced me.
(c) You make it possible for me to be myself.
(d) Never forget me.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Anton Antonovich have a medal for?

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

3. How is Golyadkin described at the beginning of Chapter 11?

4. Where does Petrushka tell Golyadkin he has been?

5. What sensation floods through Golyadkin after a night of carousing with Golyadkin Junior?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Golyadkin Junior take advantage of Golyadkin?

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

6. Describe the letter Golyadkin sends to Golyadkin Junior.

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

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

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

10. What are Golyadkin’s feelings as he concludes the night with Golyadkin Junior?

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