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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. The rest of the chapters are published separately, mainly by whom?
(a) The Chicago Tribune.
(b) The St. Petersburg Publishing House.
(c) The New Yorker.
(d) The New York Times.

5. What is one of his other memories?
(a) Getting lost in the estate's vast forest.
(b) A dark tunnel through which he crawls, behind a divan in his parent's home.
(c) Playing tag with his younger brother.
(d) Getting his foot stuck in the crib.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Nabokov family frequently travel from St. Petersburg to Paris?

2. Why does Nabokov's father force the family to leave a sidewalk cafe?

3. What does Nabokov confess about Yuri and himself?

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

5. What is Vladimir elected to, which the Tsar dissolves?

(see the answer key)

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