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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are some of the ancestors on Nabokov's paternal, Russian side?
(a) A lawyer, scientist, and Dmitri Nabokov, a well-known actor.
(b) A government leader, an opera singer, and Dmitri Nabokov, the surgeon.
(c) An explorer, the sister of a prominent Decembrist, and Dmitri Nabokov, the author's grandfather, who served as Minister of Justice for eight years.
(d) A prominent Caholic cardinal, a physician, and Dmitri Nabokov, an inventor.

2. What is the common name for Boletusoften?
(a) Red geraniums.
(b) Blue grass.
(c) Tropical hibiscus.
(d) Tube mushrooms.

3. What is young Vladimir's main concern?
(a) Whether or not he will be able to go horseback riding.
(b) Whether or not he can play in the forest.
(c) Whether or not he can play with his friends down the road.
(d) Whether or not he will be able to go hunting for new and rare butterflies.

4. What is seen as a dreaded event?
(a) Eating.
(b) Speaking in public.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Writing.

5. How does Nabokov open his autobiography?
(a) With an examination of his early childhood.
(b) With a short meditation on the periods of inexistence before birth and after death.
(c) With a short review of Russian history.
(d) With a short story about the birth of his son.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Young Vladimir favor the new methods of studying butterflies?

3. What does this hobby do to him?

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?

5. What do the first-class carriages feature?

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