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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 time is it when Golyadkin finally gets out of bed?
2. What time is it when reaches the office?
3. What is the tone of the letter Golyadkin receives in response to his letter to Golyadkin Junior?
4. How does Golyadkin feel when Golyadkin Junior gets away with stealing his papers?
5. Whose work does Golyadkin say created all his troubles?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the outcome of Golyadkin’s appeal to His Excellency?
2. Describe Golyadkin’s state as he chases Golyadkin after they leave the office together, and how does this state relate to Golyadkin’s previous states?
3. How does Golyadkin Junior insult Golyadkin at the office?
4. What is Golyadkin Junior’s demeanor like when he arrives at Golyadkin’s flat?
5. How does Golyadkin plan to resolve the situation with Golyadkin Junior?
6. Describe the intimacy that develops between Golyadkin and Golyadkin Junior.
7. Describe the interview Golyadkin and Golyadkin Junior have in the coffee shop.
8. What is Golyadkin Junior like when Golyadkin finds him at the office?
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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Is the Double a particularly Russian novella? Is it limited to its courtly setting, or is it a universal tale about human psychology?
Essay Topic 2
When is The Double most itself? What is its characteristic passage, or moment? What makes that moment or passage the most representative of the book as a whole? Are there any places where the book seems to depart from its typical self, as if to become a different book?
Essay Topic 3
Use this book as a meditation on the value of a five-star rating system. Is a five-star system sufficient to a book like this? Would you need to have sub-topics for the rating system, for plot, characterization, language, etc? What other sub-topics would you need? What value or importance gets lost in a five-star scale? Design a scale that would be better for this book.
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