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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the time the family moves, where are Nabokov and his brother?
(a) In Oxford.
(b) In New York University.
(c) In the University of Paris.
(d) In Cambridge.

2. What earns Vladimir several rebukes from the Tsarist government?
(a) His teasing of the Tsarina.
(b) His refusal to be on this council.
(c) His tardiness to meetings.
(d) His increasing outspokenness about human rights.

3. What is Vladimir elected to, which the Tsar dissolves?
(a) Russian House of Burgesses.
(b) Russian Congress.
(c) First Russian Parliament.
(d) First Russian Senate.

4. During one such trip in the summer of 1909, who does young Nabokov meet?
(a) A young French girl, named Colette.
(b) A young British girl, named Beth.
(c) A young German girl, named Brigitte.
(d) A young Spanish girl, named Clara.

5. What does young Nabokov's status as a child of the intelligentsia often do to him?
(a) It isolates him from his fellow students
(b) It makes him stand out in a crowd.
(c) It encourages him to make friends.
(d) He receives many compliments.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Nabokov's favorite medium?

2. What is the subject of this chapter?

3. With what is the aristocratic Nabokov house stocked?

4. Where do the children bathe?

5. What has Nabokov always had difficulty doing?

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