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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Nabokov's family live until his father's death in 1922?
(a) In Hamburg.
(b) In Paris.
(c) In Brussels.
(d) In Berlin.

2. How does the family spend their time in this town?
(a) On a boat.
(b) On the beach.
(c) Mountain climbing.
(d) Shopping.

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

4. Why does Nabokov feel exiled in Crimea, a Russian territory?
(a) He misses Tamara.
(b) He misses his butterflies.
(c) The environment is so foreign.
(d) He does not have his family with him.

5. What is young Vladimir's main concern?
(a) Whether or not he can play with his friends down the road.
(b) Whether or not he will be able to go horseback riding.
(c) Whether or not he will be able to go hunting for new and rare butterflies.
(d) Whether or not he can play in the forest.

Short Answer Questions

1. This chapter is the first recorded work, published in French in 1936, under the name "Mademoiselle O."

2. With what is the aristocratic Nabokov house stocked?

3. What does Nabokov call the process of using both the English and Russian translations of "Speak, Memory" to shape the current work?

4. What does the butterfly net in particular always invite?

5. What is Vladimir elected to, which the Tsar dissolves?

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