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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of fur coat does Ada wear?
(a) Mink.
(b) Sea otter.
(c) Fox.
(d) Rabbit.

2. What is the best Franco-Estonian restaurant in Manhattan Major?
(a) Ursus.
(b) Myotis.
(c) Lupus.
(d) Eutamias.

3. What does Kim Beuharnais use to extort money from Ada?
(a) Photography of her and Rank.
(b) Photographs of her and Percy.
(c) Photographs of her and Lucette.
(d) Photographs of her and Van.

4. Why does Van give bribes to the janitor at his building?
(a) So the janitor won't distribute the photos he's taken of Van.
(b) So the janitor will deliver food and do other errands for Van.
(c) So the janitor won't give out any information about the Veens.
(d) So the janitor will fix problems in his apartment.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Van invite Lucette to do?

3. What sense does Van relate to time?

4. What has Van developed a test for?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Van gain the post of Rattner Chair of Philosophy at University of Kingston?

2. What does Van plan to do in the duel?

3. What excuse does Van make up to have time alone with Ada?

4. What does Lucette say about Ada's hands?

5. How does Demon discover that Van is living with Ada?

6. What does Van propose about the future in his treatise on time?

7. What is Van's opinion of acting?

8. How does Van respond to an invitation to dine at the Captain's table?

9. In Marina's last days, why is Van planning a trip to America?

10. When Ada telephones Van, what does she tell him?

(see the answer keys)

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