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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Yuri and Nabokov invent?
(a) A weapon.
(b) A tool to make household chores easier.
(c) A game.
(d) A way to distract siblings.

2. What does the rain cause to grow on the estate?
(a) Mushrooms.
(b) Geraniums.
(c) Hibiscus.
(d) Grass.

3. Where do the children bathe?
(a) The creek on the estate.
(b) English portable tubs.
(c) French bathing tubs.
(d) Russian baths.

4. To what is Nabokov's mother quite sensitive?
(a) Insults.
(b) Perfume.
(c) Seemingly small events.
(d) Insect bites.

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. Why, when Nabokov is a child, is he terrified of the dark?

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

3. What does the butterfly net in particular always invite?

4. Who is he surprised to see on stage as "The Gala Girls?"

5. To whom does Nabokov feel the strongest bond of kinship?

(see the answer key)

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