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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would change throughout Nabokov's childhood, depending on the prevailing advice of the family's current medical consultant?
(a) The temperature of the bath water.
(b) How much he exercises.
(c) The temperature in his home.
(d) The medicines his mother uses.

2. What are two events that Nabokov remembers watching outside his mother's window?
(a) Mr. Burness' arrival nad the village children on their way to school.
(b) The training of horses and the revolutionary action in the street.
(c) The training of horses and the village children on their way to school.
(d) Mr. Burness' arrival and the revolutionary action in the street.

3. Who rents a modest summer cottage called a dachka?
(a) Colette parents.
(b) Nabokov's uncle.
(c) Tamara's parents.
(d) The Nabokov family.

4. What is Nabokov's favorite medium?
(a) Watercolors.
(b) Oils.
(c) Drawing.
(d) Clay.

5. Why does the relationship fizzle out?
(a) They no longer have anything in common.
(b) Nabokov's father finds out.
(c) Tamara moves back to St. Petersburg and gets a job.
(d) Tamara is tired of him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Lenski working as a tutor?

2. Why does Nabokov feel exiled in Crimea, a Russian territory?

3. How does Lett punish the boys?

4. Who does Nabokov meet at the age of sixteen?

5. How does Mr. Cummings influence Nabokov's scientific drawings of butterflies?

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