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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the response to Nabokov's published book of poems?
(a) No response.
(b) Critics want to see another book published.
(c) Huge praise.
(d) Critics are not kind.

2. What types of tutors does Nabokov's father seem to intentionally choose?
(a) Those who attend college at Cambridge.
(b) Tutors with widely varying backgrounds and subjects of expertise.
(c) Those with experience working with aristocrat's children.
(d) Tutors with a background in Russian literature.

3. What tutor looks like the French actor Max Linder?
(a) A Russian literature tutor.
(b) A polish medical student.
(c) A Greek spelling teacher.
(d) A graduate student.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Max endear himself to the dogs?

2. Soon, the string of nurses transforms into what?

3. Why does the relationship fizzle out?

4. Why does Nabokov have secret spots?

5. Who is their first spelling tutor?

(see the answer key)

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