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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. To whom is Chapter Five devoted?
(a) Nabokov's father.
(b) Nabokov's wife.
(c) Nabokov's governess.
(d) Nabokov's mother.

3. Where does Nabokov's family live until his father's death in 1922?
(a) In Hamburg.
(b) In Brussels.
(c) In Paris.
(d) In Berlin.

4. From where does Mademoiselle come?
(a) Denmark.
(b) Africa.
(c) Switzerland.
(d) France.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a battle against the yawning darkness?

2. What is the common name for Boletusoften?

3. Why does little Vladimir close his eyes at the bottom of each stairway?

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

5. In exile in America, when a ranger or marshal spots him traipsing into the backwoods, net in hand, what is he asked?

(see the answer key)

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