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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Golyadkin decide the morning after the banquet?
(a) To keep quiet.
(b) To appeal to a benefactor.
(c) To attack at the first opportunity.
(d) To retreat at once.

2. What sensation does the reader get when Golyadkin says that he keeps to the straight and narrow, and that he despises deviousness?
(a) Humor.
(b) Forthrightness.
(c) Outrageousness.
(d) Irony.

3. What sensation does Golyadkin have as he leaves Olsufy Ivanovich’s house?
(a) That everyone is watching him from the windows.
(b) That he is the victim of a profound misunderstanding.
(c) That someone has placed a curse on him.
(d) That he has just lost his chance at a promotion.

4. How do the clerks characterize Golyadkin’s appearance?
(a) Slovenly like a Russian.
(b) Pomaded like a fop.
(c) Relaxed as befits a colleague.
(d) Dignified like an ambassador.

5. Where does Golyadkin Junior end up sitting?
(a) In another room.
(b) In Andrey Filippovich’s office.
(c) In Golyadkin’s seat.
(d) Opposite Golyadkin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Golyadkin leave each of the shopkeepers with?

2. How does Golyadkin protect himself in Krestyan Ivanovich’s room?

3. What is Golyadkin’s reaction to seeing the clerks?

4. What does Golyadkin lose on his way home from the banquet?

5. How does Golyadkin Junior greet Golyadkin?

(see the answer key)

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