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

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 Cambridge.
(d) In Oxford.

2. Where does Nabokov's mother trick Dimitri into believing he is still?
(a) In Russia.
(b) In Greece.
(c) In France.
(d) In London.

3. After his father's death, to where does Nabokov's widowed mother move?
(a) London.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Prague.
(d) Paris.

4. Why does Vasiliy insist upon lying supine on the floor?
(a) He claims it improves his posture.
(b) He claims it stretches out his spine.
(c) He claims it helps him breathe better.
(d) He claims it relieves his chest pains.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Nabokov open his autobiography?

2. Who occupies one of the estates near St. Petersburg when not abroad?

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

4. The rest of the chapters are published separately, mainly by whom?

5. Why does Nabokov's father force the family to leave a sidewalk cafe?

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