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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1904, who does Nabokov remember meeting for the first time?
(a) His youngest brother.
(b) His sister.
(c) His uncle.
(d) His cousin.

2. What is happening to the science of butterflies at this time?
(a) There is a great unheaval.
(b) They have not found any new species.
(c) It has not changed for decades.
(d) The Germans have made leaps and bounds in discoveries.

3. Why is Nabokov's tutor rebuked by his mother?
(a) He spies on the young couple.
(b) He is being rude to her children.
(c) He is not doing an adequate job.
(d) He is repeatedly late.

4. When do they arrive in Paris?
(a) Late afternoon.
(b) Early morning.
(c) Early afternoon.
(d) In the middle of the night.

5. Who is he surprised to see on stage as "The Gala Girls?"
(a) Girls from the local village.
(b) The American girls from the skating rink.
(c) His mother and his sisters.
(d) Colette and her friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a battle against the yawning darkness?

2. Why does little Vladimir close his eyes at the bottom of each stairway?

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

4. Why is the family forced to leave Russia?

5. How do the aristocrats confront the ocean waves?

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