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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Lenski working as a tutor?
(a) He is paying off a debt to Nabokov's father.
(b) He loves teaching children.
(c) To put his son through undergraduate school at Cambridge.
(d) To put himself through graduate school at the University in St. Petersburg.

2. How does Mr. Cummings influence Nabokov's scientific drawings of butterflies?
(a) He is Nabokov's botanist.
(b) He is Nabokov's butterfly instructor.
(c) He is Nabokov's drawing instructor.
(d) He is Nabokov's science instructor.

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

4. Who is referred to simply as "Mademoiselle?"
(a) The governess.
(b) His sister.
(c) The tutor.
(d) His aunt.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years does Mademoiselle spend with the family?

2. What is happening to the science of butterflies at this time?

3. Who dies young of a heart ailment?

4. What is one of his other memories?

5. Why does Young Vladimir favor the new methods of studying butterflies?

(see the answer key)

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