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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Nabokov's mother trick Dimitri into believing he is still?
(a) In France.
(b) In London.
(c) In Russia.
(d) In Greece.

2. Who rents a modest summer cottage called a dachka?
(a) Colette parents.
(b) Tamara's parents.
(c) Nabokov's uncle.
(d) The Nabokov family.

3. This chapter is the first recorded work, published in French in 1936, under the name "Mademoiselle O."
(a) Chapter Five.
(b) Chapter Four.
(c) Chapter Seven.
(d) Chapter Two.

4. What tutor looks like the French actor Max Linder?
(a) A polish medical student.
(b) A Russian literature tutor.
(c) A graduate student.
(d) A Greek spelling teacher.

5. Where do the children bathe?
(a) English portable tubs.
(b) French bathing tubs.
(c) Russian baths.
(d) The creek on the estate.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Vladimir is raised by his own share of governesses and tutors but where does he go at the age of 13?

3. What precaution does Nabokov's father take?

4. Why is the relationship between Kirill, the younger brother, and Nabokov more like that of distant friends?

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

(see the answer key)

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