View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Five, Chapters 1-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two kinds of dreams does Van generally have?
(a) Lucid and unremembered dreams.
(b) Exotic and mundane dreams.
(c) Professional and erotic dreams.
(d) Frightening and entrancing dreams.

2. What do the two kids who find Marina's pressed-flower book decide to do with it?
(a) Add more flowers to it.
(b) Put it in a museum.
(c) Hide it.
(d) Destroy it.

3. What names does Nabokov use for the world of the novel?
(a) Elysium and Hel.
(b) Shadia and Paradisia.
(c) Terrafirma and Terraductile.
(d) Demonia and Antiterra.

4. Is Van faithful to Ada?
(a) No, he is unfaithful to her once.
(b) Yes, but he still desires other women.
(c) No, he is contantly unfaithful to her.
(d) Yes, and he never desires another woman.

5. What feature of Ada does Van most delight in?
(a) Her forehead.
(b) Her nose.
(c) Her neck.
(d) Her eyebrows.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color does Demon dye his hair?

2. What combination of Van and Ada's name is used in the final chapter to indicate the couple?

3. Who does Ada say Van should have married?

4. When Van meets Ada in the forest fork, what is she wearing?

5. What is Ada's hair like?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 222 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample