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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the narrator’s as he describes Golyadkin’s shopping trip?
(a) Bombastic.
(b) Cynical.
(c) Compassionate.
(d) Gently mocking.

3. What events are omitted between the end of Chapter 5 and the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) Golyadkin’s morning routine, before he goes to work.
(b) The banquet.
(c) Golyadkin meeting his double.
(d) The overnight.

4. What is Golyadkin Junior doing when Golyadkin arrives at the office?
(a) He is going on a special mission.
(b) He is talking with clerks.
(c) He is copying out a contract.
(d) He is working at Golyadkin’s desk.

5. Which term describes the narrative tone when Golyadkin encounters his double in the office?
(a) Surreal.
(b) Dreamlike.
(c) Droll.
(d) Pugnacious.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Golyadkin speak?

2. What troubles Golyadkin in the middle of his shopping trip?

3. What does Petrushka tell Golyadkin in the morning after Golyadkin had spent the night with Golyadkin Junior?

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

5. How does the narrator characterize Golyadkin Junior?

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