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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Petrushka tell Golyadkin in the morning after Golyadkin had spent the night with Golyadkin Junior?
(a) That Petrushka will be following his new master now.
(b) That Andrey Filippovich has been looking for him.
(c) That he will have to fix breakfast for himself.
(d) That the master is not at home.

2. 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 himself has received only minor injuries in his lifetime.
(c) Because he has done things that are much worse than anything that has been done to him.
(d) Because he has participated in a kind of insult himself.

3. What is Petrushka’s response when Golyadkin shows up with his double?
(a) Horror.
(b) Astonishment.
(c) Distrust.
(d) Indifference.

4. What is the manner in which Golyadkin says that Golyadkin Junior has sucked up to people?
(a) Unctuous.
(b) Disingenuous.
(c) Wily.
(d) Officious.

5. What does Anton Antonovich have a medal for?
(a) Bravery in war.
(b) Excellence in leadership.
(c) International distinction.
(d) Twenty years service.

6. How does Golyadkin Junior harass Golyadkin at the coffee shop?
(a) By starting an argument with him, and then disappearing.
(b) By making him pay for his pastries.
(c) By stealing his coat.
(d) By spilling coffee on him.

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

8. How are Golyadkin’s thoughts characterized when he is at his flat?
(a) As contemplative.
(b) As placid.
(c) As tranquil.
(d) As feverish.

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

10. What does Golyadkin Junior tell Golyadkin when he catches up with him?
(a) That he knows his fate before Golyadkin knows it himself.
(b) That he does not have time to talk.
(c) That he will delight in Golyadkin’s ruin.
(d) That he is sorry for the trouble he has cause.

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

12. What does Golyadkin believe Golyadkin Junior is responsible for when he sees him in his sleeplessness?
(a) His bestial impulses.
(b) His theft of the wallet full of rubles.
(c) His fall from grace.
(d) His desire for attention and approval.

13. What claim does Golyadkin Junior make to Golyadkin?
(a) That this is all Golyadkin’s fault.
(b) That he has never been his enemy.
(c) That he has always been looking out for him.
(d) That he was determined to undermine him from the start.

14. What sensation does the reader get when Golyadkin says that he keeps to the straight and narrow, and that he despises deviousness?
(a) Irony.
(b) Forthrightness.
(c) Outrageousness.
(d) Humor.

15. What new issue does Golyadkin’s last resort raise to him?
(a) His financial status.
(b) His treatment of a young lady.
(c) His gambling debts.
(d) His failures in his latest reports.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Golyadkin Junior’s demeanor described when he sits in Golyadkin’s flat?

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

3. Who does Golyadkin Junior say helped him get a position?

4. Where does Golyadkin rush off to?

5. What does Golyadkin say his opinion of Petrushka is?

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