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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the literary term for difference between Golyadkin’s description of himself and the narrator’s account of his actions?
(a) Imagery.
(b) Personification.
(c) Synecdoche.
(d) Irony.

2. What is the third blunder Golyadkin makes in Krestyan Ivanovich’s room?
(a) He fails to compliment Krestyan Ivanovich.
(b) He stutters instead of speaking.
(c) He makes excuses for himself.
(d) He forgets why he came.

3. When Golyadkin wakes up, Dostoevsky says that he discovers he lives in Petersburg, not in some other place: where is that other place?
(a) A hell of sorts.
(b) A faery realm.
(c) a palace.
(d) His hometown.

4. What disconcerts Golyadkin when he is in the carriage?
(a) He is self-conscious about his clothing.
(b) He meets two younger clerks.
(c) He encounters the woman he hoped to see.
(d) He remembers an important errand he needed to run.

5. What is Golyadkin’s feeling about the money in his wallet?
(a) He is sad because it is already spent.
(b) He despairs that it won’t be enough.
(c) He is apprehensive about what to spend it on.
(d) He is delighted.

Short Answer Questions

1. What explanation is he given?

2. How is Petrushka’s livery described?

3. What does Krestyan Ivanovich tell Golyadkin he has to do?

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

5. What is the tone of this opening chapter?

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