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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the subject of this chapter?
(a) Nabokov's tutor, Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov.
(b) Nabokov's uncle, Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov.
(c) Nabokov's father, Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov.
(d) Nabokov's brother, Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov.

2. What does Young Vladimir discover in the family's attic?
(a) Souvenirs from the family trips to France.
(b) A small treasure trove of scientific books
(c) A book of his family's ancestry.
(d) A small collection of exotic butterflies.

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

4. To whom is Chapter Five devoted?
(a) Nabokov's governess.
(b) Nabokov's wife.
(c) Nabokov's mother.
(d) Nabokov's father.

5. How does Lett punish the boys?
(a) By giving them chores to do.
(b) By telling their parents.
(c) By forcing them to spar with him in the boxing ring.
(d) By having them sit facing a corner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Once, upon returning from the park with a poem freshly in his mind, what does he do?

2. Mademoiselle threatens several times to leave. Why does she end up staying?

3. When does his first poem take shape in his mind?

4. When does Nabokov see Mademoiselle again after she is no longer in their household?

5. Of what descent is Nabokov's mother?

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