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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 are Golyadkin’s thoughts characterized when he is at his flat?

2. What does Anton Antonovich have a medal for?

3. What is Petrushka’s response when Golyadkin shows up with his double?

4. What sensation does the reader get when Golyadkin says that he keeps to the straight and narrow, and that he despises deviousness?

5. What tone does Golyadkin take in his letter to Golyadkin Junior?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens after Golyadkin leaves the office at the end of the day?

3. What response does Golyadkin get to his letter?

4. How does Golyadkin Junior take advantage of Golyadkin?

5. What is Golyadkin’s explanation for Golyadkin Junior’s existence?

6. Describe what happens when Golyadkin reaches Andrey Filippovich’s house.

7. What is the outcome of Golyadkin’s appeal to His Excellency?

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

9. What trick does Golyadkin Junior play on Golyadkin when he leaves the coffee house where they have been talking?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Evaluate your own reading of The Double—did you resist it, or were you compelled by the story? What does your reading tell you about yourself and your interests? Use specific examples from the book to describe yourself as a reader.

Essay Topic 2

What is the essence of The Double? If you could sum up the insights it brings the reader to, what is the story ultimately about, or rather, what does the story get the reader to see?

Essay Topic 3

Evaluate the proposition that The Double is best read in a state of comic diversion.

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