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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 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.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eric envision as the yearly fee for membership in Villa Venus?

2. What did Van think was in the secret drawer in the secretaire at Ardis Hall?

3. What does Van see in Lucette's handbag?

4. Who does Van see on the train?

5. What does the newspaper Van's father is reading at the airport say?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Van write about in his unsent letter to Ada?

2. What is Van's opinion of acting?

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

4. What is Cordula's conversation like?

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

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

9. How does Van respond to Ada's arrival?

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

(see the answer keys)

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