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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What season does The Double take place in?
(a) Spring.
(b) Winter.
(c) Summer.
(d) Autumn.

3. What does Golyadkin leave each of the shopkeepers with?
(a) Insults.
(b) Promises to return with a deposit.
(c) His card.
(d) Payment in full.

4. What did Golyadkin expect when he entered the office?
(a) Apologies from Olsufy Ivanovich.
(b) Something bad to happen.
(c) To be fired.
(d) His double to have supplanted him.

5. What does Golyadkin dream about after he speaks to Klara Olsufyevna?
(a) Dying on the spot.
(b) Fighting with Vladimir Semyonovich over her honor.
(c) Saving her if a chandelier were to fall.
(d) Spreading rumors about her to revenge himself.

6. What amount of money is this?
(a) A paltry sum.
(b) Enough to go out for dinner.
(c) A good deal.
(d) Enough to furnish a small flat.

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

8. What is making the shrieking Golyadkin hears after he leaves the banquet?
(a) Lamps in the wind.
(b) Wind in the church towers.
(c) Chains from the prison.
(d) Ships’ anchor chains.

9. Where does Golyadkin Junior lead Golyadkin when he chases him?
(a) To Nevsky Prospekt.
(b) Back to Golyadkin’s flat.
(c) To the Semyonovsky Bridge.
(d) Back to the banquet.

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

11. How much does Golyadkin spend during his shopping trip?
(a) 100 rubles.
(b) One and a half rubles.
(c) 75 rubles.
(d) 1,500 rubles.

12. Which of the following best describes Golyadkin’s mood when he finally enters the party?
(a) Irresolute.
(b) Angry.
(c) Brash.
(d) Frenzied.

13. What does Golyadkin lose on his way home from the banquet?
(a) His coat.
(b) His money.
(c) His galoshes.
(d) His way.

14. How does Golyadkin protect himself in Krestyan Ivanovich’s room?
(a) With a defiant look.
(b) With a steady stream of self-praise.
(c) With a pugnacious attitude.
(d) With aggressive questions.

15. What is Golyadkin told when he arrives at Olsufy Ivanovich’s house?
(a) That the master is not well.
(b) That he has mistaken the date.
(c) That he is not to be received.
(d) That he has been expected.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Golyadkin will happen in time?

2. What is Anton Antonovich Setochkin’s profession?

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

4. What spurs Golyadkin to turn and leave after his conversation with Andrey Filippovich?

5. What kind of look does Golyadkin assume when Golyadkin Junior approaches him for the first time?

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