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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who occupies one of the estates near St. Petersburg when not abroad?
(a) Nabokov's cousin, Yuri.
(b) Vyra, Nabokov's wife.
(c) Nabokov's uncle, Vasiliy Ivanovich.
(d) Nabokov's father, Dmitri.

3. How does the family spend their time in this town?
(a) Shopping.
(b) On a boat.
(c) On the beach.
(d) Mountain climbing.

4. The boredom of the audience at these poetry performances is obvious to everyone but whom?
(a) Nabokov.
(b) Lenski.
(c) Max.
(d) Dmitri.

5. What does he do with a poem before he writes it down?
(a) He reads the poem to his mother.
(b) He writes it on a chalkboard.
(c) He contructs it entirely in his head.
(d) He discusses his ideas with his father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the rain cause to grow on the estate?

2. What is the last Nabokov hears of Lenski?

3. Why does Nabokov ride his bike each afternoon past the house of the family's head coachmen?

4. Why is Nabokov disappointed to hear that one of his tutors marries a peasant girl?

5. What does Nabokov learn to read and write before Russian or French?

(see the answer key)

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