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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Vladimir do before hurrying young Nabokov along to school?
(a) He makes sure he eats breakfast.
(b) He bends down to kiss Nabokov.
(c) He has him take a bath.
(d) He checks his school work.

2. It is unusual for aristocrats in Russian to be hanged, and as a child, what does Nabokov call the trail through the woods on the estate where a previous owner had been hanged?
(a) The "Hanging Rope."
(b) The "walk of the Hanged One."
(c) The "Road to a Hanging."
(d) The "Path of the Hanged."

3. What types of tutors does Nabokov's father seem to intentionally choose?
(a) Tutors with a background in Russian literature.
(b) Those with experience working with aristocrat's children.
(c) Those who attend college at Cambridge.
(d) Tutors with widely varying backgrounds and subjects of expertise.

4. What does Nabokov learn to read and write before Russian or French?
(a) Dutch.
(b) English.
(c) German.
(d) Swedish.

5. After his retirement, from what does Dimitri Nabokov begin to suffer?
(a) Emphysema.
(b) Dementia.
(c) Heart disease.
(d) Arthritis.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what is the aristocratic Nabokov house stocked?

2. What does the headstrong Yuri in later life introduce to Nabokov?

3. What does Nabokov's mother do on the trip to Paris?

4. What is Nabokov's favorite medium?

5. How does Mademoiselle provide Vladimir with an extra hour or two out of the darkness?

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