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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Olsufy Ivanovich suffer his disability?
(a) Falling from a horse.
(b) In an industrial accident.
(c) At birth.
(d) During the war.

2. What does Dostoevsky say Golyadkin has difficulty with?
(a) His vision.
(b) Remembering his thoughts.
(c) His balance.
(d) Choosing his words.

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

4. What is Golyadkin’s reaction to seeing the clerks?
(a) He is scandalized.
(b) He is relieved.
(c) He is guilty.
(d) He is beset with worry.

5. What happens when Golyadkin tries to address Klara Olsufyevna?
(a) He stammers, cannot ultimately speak, and retreats in shame.
(b) He begins well, then stumbles and loses his head.
(c) He addresses her in the most flattering terms, and she dances with him.
(d) Vladimir Semyonovich cuts him off before he can begin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Golyadkin say he is doing by bring Golyadkin Junior home?

2. Where do Andrey Filippovich and Golyadkin have their conversation?

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

4. Which of these things does Golyadkin NOT shop for?

5. What power does Golyadkin say he has?

(see the answer key)

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