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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Mr. Cummings influence Nabokov's scientific drawings of butterflies?
(a) He is Nabokov's butterfly instructor.
(b) He is Nabokov's science instructor.
(c) He is Nabokov's botanist.
(d) He is Nabokov's drawing instructor.

2. Why does Nabokov's father force the family to leave a sidewalk cafe?
(a) His father sees an old acquaintance he would rather avoid.
(b) The father notices two Japanese officers dining at a nearby table.
(c) The food is not edible.
(d) The wait staff is slow and untrained.

3. What is a battle against the yawning darkness?
(a) Autobiography.
(b) Religion.
(c) Love.
(d) Prayer.

4. It is unusual for aristocrats in Russian to be hanged, and as a child, what does Nabokov call the trail through the woods on the estate where a previous owner had been hanged?
(a) The "walk of the Hanged One."
(b) The "Hanging Rope."
(c) The "Path of the Hanged."
(d) The "Road to a Hanging."

5. What does the rain cause to grow on the estate?
(a) Grass.
(b) Geraniums.
(c) Hibiscus.
(d) Mushrooms.

Short Answer Questions

1. This chapter is the first recorded work, published in French in 1936, under the name "Mademoiselle O."

2. What is the common name for Boletusoften?

3. The rest of the chapters are published separately, mainly by whom?

4. Where does Nabokov's family live until his father's death in 1922?

5. Who occupies one of the estates near St. Petersburg when not abroad?

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