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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Though he is an excellent teacher to the Nabokov boys, what does Lenski find difficult?
(a) Teaching the boys to be well-behaved.
(b) His own studies.
(c) Teaching the boys mathematics.
(d) Making his lessons interesting.

3. What does Nabokov call the process of using both the English and Russian translations of "Speak, Memory" to shape the current work?
(a) Re-Englishing.
(b) Rewriting.
(c) Redoing.
(d) Reediting.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Vasiliy insist upon lying supine on the floor?

2. What is the first memory Nabokov drags from the darkness?

3. Why does she hand him a hand mirror?

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

5. What does Vladimir continue to do while in exile in Berlin?

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