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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What department does Van study in at Kingston University, Mayne, in the Fall of 1892?
(a) Terraputic Development Department.
(b) Department of New Terrapists.
(c) Department of Terrapy.
(d) Art Terrapy Department.

2. What day does Ada's husband die?
(a) July 18.
(b) August 30.
(c) April 23.
(d) February 6.

3. Who chooses the girls at Villa Venus?
(a) The Head Venus Luminary.
(b) Councils of Elderly Noblemen.
(c) A beautiful, lesbian house-mother.
(d) David van Veen.

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

5. Who is visiting Villa Venus, causing it to be overrun with police?
(a) President Claudia Sauter and King Alexander.
(b) Queen Margaritte and Prince Aubrey.
(c) Lord Evan Vanderley and Duke Hawthorne.
(d) President Alexander Screepatch and King Victor.

6. At the Villa Venus where Van goes for the last time, what causes the grand piano to play?
(a) Birds.
(b) Clockworks.
(c) Rats.
(d) Ghosts.

7. What does Ada suggest that she and Van should do in a few days, after she finishes her business in Geneva?
(a) Go on a cruise to Greece.
(b) Travel back to Ardis Hall.
(c) Go on a tour of England.
(d) Go climbing in the Swiss Alps.

8. To what drink does Van attribute his boyish look?
(a) Vodka.
(b) Scotch.
(c) Beer.
(d) Champagne.

9. What symptom causes Andrey to go to the doctor?
(a) He gets dizzy.
(b) His right arm is numb.
(c) He coughs up blood.
(d) He has piercing headaches.

10. Who does Van write a letter to, to be sent in case he is killed in the duel?
(a) Ada.
(b) Marina.
(c) Lucette.
(d) His father.

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

12. Which of the following is NOT the name of one of Van's books?
(a) Terransmigration.
(b) The Texture of Time.
(c) Clairvoyerism.
(d) Furnished Space.

13. Where does Demon say that Lucette was, when he let her know about Dan's death?
(a) Spain.
(b) Italy.
(c) France.
(d) Germany.

14. What kind of fish does Lucette have when she and Van go to lunch?
(a) Trout.
(b) Cod.
(c) Salmon.
(d) Whitefish.

15. What feeling does Van have while he tries to walk on his hands?
(a) That his left arm is shorter than his right.
(b) That his neck is as versatile as a tail.
(c) That his arms are disconnected from his body.
(d) That, while inverted, he is walking on Terra.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Van's earliest memory?

2. Where is Lucette staying in New York?

3. Who does the woman on the boat mistake Van for?

4. Who is Mr. Gromwell?

5. What does Van think about the relativistic idea of space-time?

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