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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What earns Vladimir several rebukes from the Tsarist government?
(a) His teasing of the Tsarina.
(b) His tardiness to meetings.
(c) His refusal to be on this council.
(d) His increasing outspokenness about human rights.

2. What is Lenski's idea for the use of Magic-Lantern Projections?
(a) To create shadow puppets.
(b) To play in the light from the lanterns.
(c) To illustrate petic works with the use of slides.
(d) To create special effects on the wall.

3. Why is Nabokov disappointed to hear that one of his tutors marries a peasant girl?
(a) He thinks of his tutors as people devoted to their art or profession.
(b) He thinks he should have married someone in a higher social class.
(c) He thinks he should have married one of his sisters.
(d) He thinks he should have married his aunt.

4. What is Nabokov's favorite medium?
(a) Clay.
(b) Oils.
(c) Drawing.
(d) Watercolors.

5. What is their mother's reaction when she sees that her children have opened the presents from their stockings early and poorly rewrapped them?
(a) She pretends to not see their poor rewrapping.
(b) She spots their deception and bursts into tears.
(c) She scolds them for trying to deceive her.
(d) She laughs at their attempt at deception.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are Miss Norcott and Miss Hunt?

2. With what is young Vladimir obsessed?

3. Each day, when he awakes, how can young Vladimir tell what kind of day it is?

4. Why does the relationship fizzle out?

5. In exile in America, when a ranger or marshal spots him traipsing into the backwoods, net in hand, what is he asked?

(see the answer key)

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