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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. They board the Sud-Express and disembark in what town?
(a) Marseille.
(b) Brest.
(c) Biarritz.
(d) Nice.

2. What is one thing he recalls suddenly becoming aware of while creating a poem?
(a) His mother is removing a plate of untouched food from in front of him.
(b) He's standing in the rain.
(c) He has forgotten part of the poem.
(d) His father is speaking to him.

3. How does Nabokov open his autobiography?
(a) With an examination of his early childhood.
(b) With a short review of Russian history.
(c) With a short story about the birth of his son.
(d) With a short meditation on the periods of inexistence before birth and after death.

4. What do both Vladimir's writings on technical matters as well as philosophical have in common?
(a) They are both boring.
(b) They have the same steadiness of thought.
(c) They are inspiring.
(d) They are filled with mistakes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At the time the family moves, where are Nabokov and his brother?

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

3. In 1904, who does Nabokov remember meeting for the first time?

4. From where does Mademoiselle come?

5. Soon, the string of nurses transforms into what?

(see the answer key)

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