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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years does Mademoiselle spend with the family?
(a) Seventeen.
(b) Seven.
(c) Two
(d) Five.

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

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

4. Why do they hire the village schoolmaster, though he is not technically one of the family's regular tutors?
(a) To give them mathematics lessons.
(b) To give them French lessons.
(c) To give them writing lessons.
(d) To give them a crash course in the Russian language.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is seen as a dreaded event?

2. To what simple rule does Nabokov's mother ascribe?

3. What earns Vladimir several rebukes from the Tsarist government?

4. What is the first memory Nabokov drags from the darkness?

5. What is young Vladimir's main concern?

(see the answer key)

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