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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 mother's paternal grandfather, Nikolay Illarionovich Kozlov.
(d) His father's maternal grandfather, Nikolay Illarionovich Kozlov.

3. To what does the memory of the bracelet lead?
(a) An important memory about his father.
(b) An important memory about Mademoiselle.
(c) An important memory about his mother.
(d) An important memory about Colette.

4. What is the process by which Vladimir Nabokov writes "Speak, Memory?"
(a) The autobiographical novel is culled from stories told to him by family members.
(b) The autobiographical novel is culled from essays written by the author's son.
(c) The autobiographical novel is culled from essays on his life.
(d) The autobiographical novel is culled from Russian history books.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nabokov learn to read and write before Russian or French?

2. What does the rain cause to grow on the estate?

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

4. Soon, the string of nurses transforms into what?

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

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