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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. How does Golyadkin refer to Olsufy Ivanovich?
2. What explanation is he given?
3. Which of the following isn’t Golyadkin good at?
4. What unpleasant impression does Golyadkin have as he leaves Krestyan Ivanovich’s office?
5. How is Golyadkin used to salving his conscience?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Golyadkin’s shipping trip to Gostiny Dvor.
2. What rhetorical stance does the narrator take in describing the banquet at Olsufy Ivanovich’s house, and what is the effect of this stance for the reader?
3. What does Dostoevsky say about the money Golyadkin counts and relishes?
4. What is Golyadkin’s purpose in getting into Olsufy Ivanovich’s banquet?
5. What kinds of goods does Golyadkin go shopping for at Nevsky Prospekt?
6. Describe Golyadkin’s relationship with Petrushka.
7. Describe Golyadkin’s entrance into Krestyan Ivanovich’s office.
8. Describe the weather into which Golyadkin is expelled from the banquet.
9. What confession does Golyadkin make to Krestyan Ivanovich?
10. What does the scene in Krestyan Ivanovich’s office tell the reader about Golyadkin’s personality?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Who is the audience for The Double? What is the ideal reader for The Double likely to think about the book’s main topics? How does this book try to affect the reader? What is it trying to teach him or her, or get him or her to do?
Essay Topic 2
Would you recommend The Double? For what purposes would you recommend The Double, and what kinds of readers would you recommend it for? What other book would you recommend that would cover the same material or tell the same story in a different way?
Essay Topic 3
What explanation does Dostoevsky give the reader to explain Golyadkin’s guilt, or the visitation by his Double? What are the advantages and disadvantages of Dostoevsky’s leaving this ambiguous?
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