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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who are Miss Norcott and Miss Hunt?
(a) Two of Vladimir's girlfriends.
(b) Two of Vladimir's aunts.
(c) Two of Vladimir's governesses.
(d) Two of Vladimir's tutors.

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

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

5. Who are some of the ancestors on Nabokov's paternal, Russian side?
(a) A lawyer, scientist, and Dmitri Nabokov, a well-known actor.
(b) An explorer, the sister of a prominent Decembrist, and Dmitri Nabokov, the author's grandfather, who served as Minister of Justice for eight years.
(c) A prominent Caholic cardinal, a physician, and Dmitri Nabokov, an inventor.
(d) A government leader, an opera singer, and Dmitri Nabokov, the surgeon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Though many doubt this ailment, What happens to Ivanovich?

2. Where does Nabokov's family live until his father's death in 1922?

3. Where does Nabokov's mother trick Dimitri into believing he is still?

4. After his father's death, to where does Nabokov's widowed mother move?

5. At the time the family moves, where are Nabokov and his brother?

(see the answer key)

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