View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Ada feel about acting tips from Marina?
(a) They were insulting and sarcastic.
(b) They were useless and idiotic.
(c) They were somewhat helpful but few.
(d) They were extremely beneficial.

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

3. How does Lucette say she feels when she runs into Van?
(a) Relieved and guilty.
(b) Happy and sad.
(c) Annoyed but grateful.
(d) Angry and bitter.

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

5. Who does the woman on the boat mistake Van for?
(a) Drew Dawson.
(b) Vivian Vale.
(c) Avery Andrews.
(d) Sidney Star.

6. How does Demon die?
(a) Of a stroke.
(b) In a car accident.
(c) Of heart failure.
(d) In an airplane accident.

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

8. Who does Van have read and forward his letter to Ada about Lucette's death?
(a) Ada's husband.
(b) Cordula.
(c) His father.
(d) His former governess.

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

10. What is Cordula doing when Van runs into her?
(a) Coddling a baby.
(b) Carrying groceries.
(c) Buying flowers.
(d) Talking to dogs.

11. What name does Van have for frightening dreams?
(a) End-edens.
(b) Van-visions.
(c) Dim-doom.
(d) Terra-terrors.

12. 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 tour of England.
(b) Go climbing in the Swiss Alps.
(c) Go on a cruise to Greece.
(d) Travel back to Ardis Hall.

13. Where does Van keep Ada's communications for fifty years?
(a) A safe in a Swiss bank.
(b) Inside a book of flowers.
(c) Inside his pillow.
(d) A safe in his library.

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

15. What sense does Van relate to time?
(a) Hearing.
(b) Touch.
(c) Sight.
(d) Taste.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Van tell Demon his affair with Ada has been going on?

2. Who does Van challenge to a duel?

3. At the Villa Venus where Van goes for the last time, what causes the grand piano to play?

4. What type of fur coat does Ada wear?

5. What does Dorothy come to believe about Van?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 469 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample