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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has Nabokov always had difficulty doing?
(a) Eating.
(b) Writing.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Speaking in public.

2. How does Nabokov's father die?
(a) He has a heart attack in Paris.
(b) He commits suicide in Paris.
(c) He is assassinated in Berlin.
(d) He has a stroke in Berlin.

3. What mystifies the two boys about Mademoiselle?
(a) She is kind most of the timea but can easily lose her temper.
(b) She reads many novels to the boys, all in French, with a smooth, gentle voice.
(c) She has children that visit her once a month, but she never allows the two boys to play with her children.
(d)

4. What does Nabokov's mother do on the trip to Paris?
(a) Sleeps.
(b) Plays games with her children.
(c) Talks to her husband.
(d) Watches as Russian, and then German, towns glide by.

5. What do both Vladimir's writings on technical matters as well as philosophical have in common?
(a) They have the same steadiness of thought.
(b) They are filled with mistakes.
(c) They are inspiring.
(d) They are both boring.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Nabokov's family live until his father's death in 1922?

2. What does this thriving upper-class tourist industry offer?

3. How long does the family stay in Paris?

4. They board the Sud-Express and disembark in what town?

5. How does Mademoiselle provide Vladimir with an extra hour or two out of the darkness?

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