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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From where does Mademoiselle come?
(a) Switzerland.
(b) France.
(c) Africa.
(d) Denmark.

2. What does the butterfly net in particular always invite?
(a) Intriguing discussions.
(b) Exciting questions.
(c) Curious visitors.
(d) Awkward comments.

3. Who occupies one of the estates near St. Petersburg when not abroad?
(a) Vyra, Nabokov's wife.
(b) Nabokov's father, Dmitri.
(c) Nabokov's cousin, Yuri.
(d) Nabokov's uncle, Vasiliy Ivanovich.

4. What properties do the Nabokovs own until the Russian revolution?
(a) Several summer cottages on the Baltic Sea.
(b) Several large estates south of St. Petersburg.
(c) A large estate in St. Petersburg.
(d) A large estate in Moscow.

5. What mystifies the two boys about Mademoiselle?
(a) She is kind most of the timea but can easily lose her temper.
(b) She reads many novels to the boys, all in French, with a smooth, gentle voice.
(c) She has children that visit her once a month, but she never allows the two boys to play with her children.
(d)

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Yuri in northern Crimea?

2. Why do they hire the village schoolmaster, though he is not technically one of the family's regular tutors?

3. Who is referred to simply as "Mademoiselle?"

4. After his father's death, to where does Nabokov's widowed mother move?

5. What does Young Vladimir discover in the family's attic?

(see the answer key)

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