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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are Miss Norcott and Miss Hunt?
(a) Two of Vladimir's aunts.
(b) Two of Vladimir's governesses.
(c) Two of Vladimir's tutors.
(d) Two of Vladimir's girlfriends.

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

3. How many children do the Nabokovs eventually have?
(a) Six.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

4. To whom is Chapter Five devoted?
(a) Nabokov's governess.
(b) Nabokov's mother.
(c) Nabokov's father.
(d) Nabokov's wife.

5. What does this thriving upper-class tourist industry offer?
(a) Expensive restaurants, street vendors, and swimming lessons.
(b) Live performances, pubs and restaurants, and bicycles to rent.
(c) Gambling, live theatre, and music.
(d) Vendors lining the beach and even servants in the change huts to assist in the removal of bathing suits.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the aristocrats confront the ocean waves?

2. What does Vladimir continue to do while in exile in Berlin?

3. Vladimir is raised by his own share of governesses and tutors but where does he go at the age of 13?

4. What are two events that Nabokov remembers watching outside his mother's window?

5. What game does the whole family often play on the estate?

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