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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nabokov say they had lost that winter in St. Petersburg?
(a) Their "sylvan security."
(b) Their "lovers' nest."
(c) Their "true identities."
(d) Their "secret hideaway."

2. What is Nabokov's favorite medium?
(a) Drawing.
(b) Watercolors.
(c) Clay.
(d) Oils.

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

4. In any of the memories he has from before his obsession began, Nabokov cannot recall the presence of butterflies. What can he recall afterward?
(a) He cannot find nearly as many butterflies as he thought he would.
(b) He cannot remember the outdoors without them.
(c) He is constantly finding new species.
(d) Not very many butterflies, because most Russian varieties are extinct.

5. How long does the family stay in Paris?
(a) Six months.
(b) One month.
(c) One week.
(d) One night.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the family forced to leave Russia?

2. What do the first-class carriages feature?

3. His other brother, Sergey, is only a year younger than Nabokov. The two are raised together, but what makes them different?

4. In 1910, what do the Nabokov brothers acquire?

5. What is Nabokov's favorite Captain Mayne Reid novel?

(see the answer key)

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