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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the family forced to leave Russia?
(a) Their religion is being persecuted.
(b) The father is in trouble with the police.
(c) Their visas have expired.
(d) The revolution has ended.

2. Why does little Vladimir close his eyes at the bottom of each stairway?
(a) His nanny is coaxing him up the stairs.
(b) He and his mother are playing a game on the way to the children's sleeping rooms.
(c) He and his brother are playing hide and seek.
(d) His father is taking him to bed.

3. In any of the memories he has from before his obsession began, Nabokov cannot recall the presence of butterflies. What can he recall afterward?
(a) He cannot find nearly as many butterflies as he thought he would.
(b) He is constantly finding new species.
(c) Not very many butterflies, because most Russian varieties are extinct.
(d) He cannot remember the outdoors without them.

4. What would change throughout Nabokov's childhood, depending on the prevailing advice of the family's current medical consultant?
(a) The temperature of the bath water.
(b) How much he exercises.
(c) The temperature in his home.
(d) The medicines his mother uses.

5. For whom is young Vladimir mistaken?
(a) A German boy.
(b) An American boy.
(c) An English boy.
(d) A Swedish boy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Nabokov's favorite medium?

2. Who accompanies Vladimir and his companion on the beach?

3. What does the rain cause to grow on the estate?

4. What game does the whole family often play on the estate?

5. How do the aristocrats confront the ocean waves?

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