View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Golyadkin Junior greet Golyadkin?
(a) With indifference.
(b) With hostility.
(c) With impatience.
(d) With insolence.

2. What does Golyadkin mean when he says that something is a “Russian proverb”?
(a) It is childish and nonsensical.
(b) It is a learned bit of wisdom.
(c) It is a silly nothing.
(d) It is a folk saying.

3. How does the narrator characterize Golyadkin Junior?
(a) As Golyadkin’s shame.
(b) As Golyadkin’s true self.
(c) As Golyadkin’s better half.
(d) As Golyadkin’s spirit.

4. What troubles Golyadkin in the middle of his shopping trip?
(a) Apprehension about the night.
(b) Memories.
(c) Hot flashes.
(d) Twinges of conscience.

5. Where does Golyadkin go from Krestyan Ivanovich’s office?
(a) The office.
(b) Nevsky Prospekt.
(c) Olsufy Ivanovich’s house.
(d) Home.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Golyadkin describe himself?

3. Which of the following best describes Golyadkin’s thoughts that everything could turn out all right in the end?

4. What compels Golyadkin to ring Krestyan Ivanovich’s bell?

5. What is Anton Antonovich Setochkin’s profession?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 241 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample