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

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) The "walk of the Hanged One."
(b) The "Path of the Hanged."
(c) The "Road to a Hanging."
(d) The "Hanging Rope."

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

3. To what does Nabokov compare existence?
(a) The sands in an hourglass.
(b) The seconds on a clock.
(c) A rollercoaster ride.
(d) A cradle rocking on the edge of an abyss.

4. What game does the whole family often play on the estate?
(a) Lawn tennis.
(b) Lawn bowling.
(c) Rounders.
(d) Badmitton.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nabokov claim stems more from an ecological longing for the place of his birth, than in his family's loss of property and station?

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

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

4. What does Nabokov investigate about his family?

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

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