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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Golyadkin try to explain to himself, as he rushes to his next destination?
(a) Why the authorities were not wrong to take Golyadkin Junior on.
(b) Why his enemies have sought to persecute him this way.
(c) Why Golyadkin Junior is violating the laws of propriety.
(d) What sins he must have committed, that he should be haunted by a double.

2. What is Golyadkin doing when Petrushka finds him?
(a) Talking to friends.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Drinking.
(d) Stealing money.

3. How does Dostoevsky characterize Golyadkin’s reaction to Petrushka’s livery?
(a) He is apprehensive about whether it will make the right impression.
(b) He is mortified by his appearance.
(c) He is well satisfied.
(d) He hopes that Petrushka can keep from ruining the clothes.

4. How does Golyadkin Junior steal the papers from Golyadkin?
(a) By distracting Golyadkin with another matter.
(b) By sending Golyadkin on an errand.
(c) By saying there is a blot on them.
(d) By confusing Golyadkin with other papers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator describe Golyadkin upon leaving the banquet?

2. What does Anton Antonovich have a medal for?

3. What is Golyadkin told when he arrives at Olsufy Ivanovich’s house?

4. What plot does Golyadkin say is afoot?

5. What is making the shrieking Golyadkin hears after he leaves the banquet?

(see the answer key)

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