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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are two events that Nabokov remembers watching outside his mother's window?
(a) The training of horses and the revolutionary action in the street.
(b) The training of horses and the village children on their way to school.
(c) Mr. Burness' arrival nad the village children on their way to school.
(d) Mr. Burness' arrival and the revolutionary action in the street.

2. Of what are Nabokov's memories in a Russian setting?
(a) A quite German childhood.
(b) A quite Russian childhood.
(c) A quite English childhood.
(d) A quite French childhood.

3. How does Nabokov open his autobiography?
(a) With a short meditation on the periods of inexistence before birth and after death.
(b) With an examination of his early childhood.
(c) With a short review of Russian history.
(d) With a short story about the birth of his son.

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

5. The rest of the chapters are published separately, mainly by whom?
(a) The St. Petersburg Publishing House.
(b) The New Yorker.
(c) The Chicago Tribune.
(d) The New York Times.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is memorable about this first memory?

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

4. What is the common name for Boletusoften?

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

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