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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After his retirement, from what does Dimitri Nabokov begin to suffer?
(a) Dementia.
(b) Emphysema.
(c) Heart disease.
(d) Arthritis.

3. What is the common name for Boletusoften?
(a) Tropical hibiscus.
(b) Tube mushrooms.
(c) Red geraniums.
(d) Blue grass.

4. Why does Nabokov's mother often wander the estate's forest?
(a) It helps clear her mind.
(b) To search for mushrooms.
(c) She loves the estate property.
(d) She becomes lost easily.

5. What properties do the Nabokovs own until the Russian revolution?
(a) Several large estates south of St. Petersburg.
(b) A large estate in St. Petersburg.
(c) A large estate in Moscow.
(d) Several summer cottages on the Baltic Sea.

Short Answer Questions

1. It is unusual for aristocrats in Russian to be hanged, and as a child, what does Nabokov call the trail through the woods on the estate where a previous owner had been hanged?

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

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

4. What is one of his other memories?

5. What is the first memory Nabokov drags from the darkness?

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