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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. To whom does Nabokov feel the strongest bond of kinship?
(a) His mother's paternal grandfather, Nikolay Illarionovich Kozlov.
(b) His mother's maternal grandfather, Nikolay Illarionovich Kozlov.
(c) His father's paternal grandfather, Nikolay Illarionovich Kozlov.
(d) His father's maternal grandfather, Nikolay Illarionovich Kozlov.

3. Mademoiselle threatens several times to leave. Why does she end up staying?
(a) Nabokov's mother gives her gifts.
(b) Nabokov's mother threatens her.
(c) Nabokov's mother talks her into staying
(d) Nabokov's mother gives her a raise.

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

5. What is a battle against the yawning darkness?
(a) Love.
(b) Prayer.
(c) Autobiography.
(d) Religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what are Nabokov's memories in a Russian setting?

2. To what does the memory of the bracelet lead?

3. Who are some of the ancestors on Nabokov's paternal, Russian side?

4. What is the process by which Vladimir Nabokov writes "Speak, Memory?"

5. What is one of his other memories?

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