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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what simple rule does Nabokov's mother ascribe?
(a) Love your neighbors as yourself.
(b) Follow the Golden Rule.
(c) Love with all your soul and leave the rest to fate.
(d) Be honest and things will go your way.

2. Who are some of the ancestors on Nabokov's paternal, Russian side?
(a) A lawyer, scientist, and Dmitri Nabokov, a well-known actor.
(b) A prominent Caholic cardinal, a physician, and Dmitri Nabokov, an inventor.
(c) An explorer, the sister of a prominent Decembrist, and Dmitri Nabokov, the author's grandfather, who served as Minister of Justice for eight years.
(d) A government leader, an opera singer, and Dmitri Nabokov, the surgeon.

3. What does Nabokov reveal about his mind?
(a) He has depression.
(b) He hallucinates.
(c) He always associates sounds with colors.
(d) He has a great short-term memory.

4. Of what descent is Nabokov's mother?
(a) Aristocratic English descent.
(b) Aristocratic Norwegian descent.
(c) Aristocratic German descent.
(d) Aristocratic Swedish descent.

5. What does Nabokov call the process of using both the English and Russian translations of "Speak, Memory" to shape the current work?
(a) Rewriting.
(b) Redoing.
(c) Re-Englishing.
(d) Reediting.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Nabokov's mother often wander the estate's forest?

3. To whom does Nabokov feel the strongest bond of kinship?

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

5. What is one of his other memories?

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