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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The rest of the chapters are published separately, mainly by whom?
(a) The New York Times.
(b) The New Yorker.
(c) The St. Petersburg Publishing House.
(d) The Chicago Tribune.

2. 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."

3. When do they arrive in Paris?
(a) Late afternoon.
(b) In the middle of the night.
(c) Early morning.
(d) Early afternoon.

4. How does Nabokov describe the poet?
(a) A man he wishes to be.
(b) A man who can feel and interpret everything that is happening in any single moment.
(c) A man who can describe any setting.
(d) A man of simple words.

5. Each day, when he awakes, how can young Vladimir tell what kind of day it is?
(a) By asking his mother to check the weather.
(b) By looking out of the window.
(c) By the character of the light that slips through the shutters.
(d) By having the servants open the curtains.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is he surprised to see on stage as "The Gala Girls?"

2. What does Vladimir continue to do while in exile in Berlin?

3. What is young Vladimir's main concern?

4. What is Nabokov's favorite Captain Mayne Reid novel?

5. What is a crippling experience for him?

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