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

2. What is Golyadkin’s sense of what fate has in store for him?

3. How does Golyadkin Junior treat Andrey Filippovich?

4. What tone does Golyadkin take with Golyadkin Junior?

5. Where does Golyadkin rush off to?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What requests does Golyadkin make of Petrushka?

4. Describe the letter Golyadkin sends to Golyadkin Junior.

5. How have things changed when Golyadkin wakes up in the morning after his drunken night with Golyadkin Junior.

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

7. Describe the letter Golyadkin writes to Golyadkin Junior before going to the office.

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

9. Describe the interview Golyadkin and Golyadkin Junior have in the coffee shop.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is missing from this book? What should have been covered or presented that was not? What is the effect of this absence? Describe an element that ought to have been covered, and explain why it would have made the book stronger.

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

Is the Double a particularly Russian novella? Is it limited to its courtly setting, or is it a universal tale about human psychology?

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