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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the tone of this opening chapter?

2. How does Chapter Five end, after Golyadkin catches his double?

3. How did Olsufy Ivanovich suffer his disability?

4. Where does Golyadkin Junior end up sitting?

5. What blunder does Golyadkin make when he comes into Krestyan Ivanovich’s room?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the weather into which Golyadkin is expelled from the banquet.

2. Describe the reader’s introduction to Yakov Petrovich Golyadkin.

3. Describe Golyadkin’s entrance into Krestyan Ivanovich’s office.

4. Describe Golyadkin’s entrance into Olsufy Ivanovich’s banquet.

5. What is Golyadkin’s relationship with his coworkers?

6. Describe Golyadkin’s shipping trip to Gostiny Dvor.

7. What is Krestyan Ivanovich’s opinion of Golyadkin?

8. What is Golyadkin’s sense as he chases the stranger?

9. Describe Golyadkin’s arrival at Olsufy Ivanovich’s house.

10. What kinds of goods does Golyadkin go shopping for at Nevsky Prospekt?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the role of women in Petersburg society, and in Golyadkin’s life? How does Dostoevsky describe the women in The Double? How is their society different from men’s?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the process of reading The Double. What themes does Dostoevsky weave through the text? What clues does he drop throughout?

Essay Topic 3

Write an evaluative review of The Double. What is this book’s place in culture? What are its uses? What are its limitations?

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