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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why can’t Golyadkin protest against injury in his sleepless visions?
(a) Because he does not deserve the respect of being able to protest.
(b) Because he has done things that are much worse than anything that has been done to him.
(c) Because he has participated in a kind of insult himself.
(d) Because he himself has received only minor injuries in his lifetime.

2. What solution does Klara Olsufyevna propose?
(a) She wants Golyadkin to be killed.
(b) She wants Golyadkin Junior to fight a duel with Golyadkin.
(c) She wants to be married.
(d) She wants to elope with Golyadkin Junior.

3. How does Golyadkin Junior greet Golyadkin?
(a) With hostility.
(b) With impatience.
(c) With indifference.
(d) With insolence.

4. Where does Golyadkin rush off to?
(a) State Counsellor Berendyev’s house.
(b) Golyadkin Junior’s lodging house.
(c) Andrey Filippovich’s house.
(d) Olsufy Ivanovich’s house.

5. How is Golyadkin Junior’s demeanor described when he sits in Golyadkin’s flat?
(a) Alert.
(b) Downtrodden.
(c) Malicious.
(d) Confident.

6. What does Petrushka tell Golyadkin when he gets home at the beginning of Chapter 12?
(a) That Golyadkin has been evicted.
(b) That he is afraid that Golyadkin has been stealing from him.
(c) That he wants a raise.
(d) That he is leaving

7. How does Golyadkin feel when Golyadkin Junior gets away with stealing his papers?
(a) Ready to do battle.
(b) Crushed.
(c) Confused.
(d) Powerless.

8. What does Golyadkin tell his double in a letter?
(a) That he is leaving town.
(b) That he is going to expose him.
(c) That he apologizes for the misunderstandings.
(d) That he demands satisfaction in a duel.

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

10. What does Golyadkin Junior tell Golyadkin he felt toward him?
(a) Contempt.
(b) Indifference.
(c) Malicious irony.
(d) Desperate hope.

11. What tone does Golyadkin take with Golyadkin Junior?
(a) A combination of fury and cowardice.
(b) A combination of innuendo and guilt
(c) A combination of self-abasement and politeness.
(d) A combination of accusation and conciliation.

12. What does Golyadkin say about the letter he wrote to Golyadkin Junior?
(a) He qualifies it.
(b) He disavows it.
(c) He reasserts his challenge.
(d) He says that he was not sane when he wrote it.

13. What sensation floods through Golyadkin after a night of carousing with Golyadkin Junior?
(a) Optimism.
(b) Remorse.
(c) Gratitude.
(d) Nostalgia.

14. What does Golyadkin Junior tell Golyadkin about his living arrangements?
(a) He has always lived in this flat.
(b) He has a large flat across town.
(c) He cannot afford a flat.
(d) He is currently looking for rooms.

15. What theory does Golyadkin advance to Anton Antonovich?
(a) That he knows the secret of Golyadkin Junior’s appearance.
(b) That he knows what masks are for.
(c) That many people wear masks today.
(d) That masks are hazardous to the social welfare.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose work does Golyadkin say created all his troubles?

2. What does Golyadkin try to explain to himself, as he rushes to his next destination?

3. How is Golyadkin described at the beginning of Chapter 11?

4. What is Golyadkin accused of?

5. How does Golyadkin refer to himself when he is berating himself?

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