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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. Which of the following best describes Golyadkin’s mood when he finally enters the party?
2. Which of the following best characterizes the narrator’s technique of describing the banquet by accounting for his inability to describe the event sufficiently?
3. What happens when Golyadkin offers Klara Olsufyevna his hand?
4. What is Golyadkin’s feeling about the money in his wallet?
5. What is Golyadkin’s reaction to seeing the clerks?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the narrator’s rhetoric have to do with Golyadkin’s tale in particular?
2. Describe Golyadkin’s feelings on leaving Olsufy Ivanovich’s house.
3. Describe the chase the stranger leads Golyadkin on.
4. Describe Golyadkin’s shipping trip to Gostiny Dvor.
5. What is the literary effect of the scene in Krestyan Ivanovich’s office?
6. What does the scene in Krestyan Ivanovich’s office tell the reader about Golyadkin’s personality?
7. What is Golyadkin’s relationship with his coworkers?
8. Describe the action that takes place among the characters at the banquet in the beginning of Chapter 4.
9. Describe Golyadkin’s entrance into Olsufy Ivanovich’s banquet.
10. Describe Golyadkin’s carriage journey in Chapter 1.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In what ways is The Double relevant to contemporary readers? What contemporary issues are in play in the book, and how would the book contribute to contemporary discussion? Cite specific discussions from contemporary sources, and cite specific instances from the book, that describe its contemporary relevance.
Essay Topic 2
Write an evaluative review of The Double. What is this book’s place in culture? What are its uses? What are its limitations?
Essay Topic 3
What are the particular techniques Dostoevsky uses to convey the horror of Golyadkin’s situation? How does he keep the reader’s interest, and preserve the reader’s sense of strangeness in this encounter? What information is provided, and what information is withheld?
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