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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Nabokov reveal about his mind?
(a) He hallucinates.
(b) He always associates sounds with colors.
(c) He has depression.
(d) He has a great short-term memory.

3. When does Nabokov eventually discover a new species?
(a) Not until he is an old man, living in exile in the United States.
(b) In Germany visiting his family.
(c) At Cambridge.
(d) As a small boy in Russia.

4. What is the first memory Nabokov drags from the darkness?
(a) Playing in the yard on the estate.
(b) Holding hands with his mother and father, as the three of them walk along a garden path in 1903,
(c) Being fed by his nanny.
(d) Going on a picnic with his mother and father.

5. Why is the family forced to leave Russia?
(a) The revolution has ended.
(b) Their religion is being persecuted.
(c) Their visas have expired.
(d) The father is in trouble with the police.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what is young Vladimir obsessed?

2. To what does Nabokov compare existence?

3. With what is the aristocratic Nabokov house stocked?

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

5. What is seen as a dreaded event?

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