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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Three, Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Cordula doing the first time Van tries to walk on his hands after his injury?
(a) She is brushing her hair.
(b) She is reading a book.
(c) She is in the bath.
(d) She is sleeping.

2. What is Van doing while he stays at Cordula's?
(a) Beginning to write his first book.
(b) Beginning to learn to paint.
(c) Composing songs.
(d) Learning to master chess.

3. How long do Van and Ada give Lucette to memorize eight lines of poetry?
(a) Twenty minutes.
(b) Ninety minutes.
(c) Two hours.
(d) An hour.

4. How does the blind Spencer Muldoon describe colors?
(a) As "big" or "small."
(b) As "expansive" or "internal."
(c) As "strong" or "weak."
(d) As "fat" or "thin."

5. How long does Van spend in Cordula's Manhattan flat?
(a) A year.
(b) A week.
(c) A month.
(d) Six months.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Van track down Rack?

2. Why does the governess decide to stay in bed for five days?

3. What names does Nabokov use for the world of the novel?

4. How do Ada and Van keep their correspondence secret?

5. What are the "three C's" Lucette says were talked about at Ada's house?

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