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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are Miss Norcott and Miss Hunt?
(a) Two of Vladimir's girlfriends.
(b) Two of Vladimir's aunts.
(c) Two of Vladimir's tutors.
(d) Two of Vladimir's governesses.

2. Why does Nabokov's father force the family to leave a sidewalk cafe?
(a) His father sees an old acquaintance he would rather avoid.
(b) The food is not edible.
(c) The wait staff is slow and untrained.
(d) The father notices two Japanese officers dining at a nearby table.

3. What does Sergey do during WWII?
(a) He emigrates to the United States and joins the Army.
(b) He is an SS soldier.
(c) He builds weaponry.
(d) He is employed as a translator in Berlin.

4. After his retirement, from what does Dimitri Nabokov begin to suffer?
(a) Heart disease.
(b) Dementia.
(c) Arthritis.
(d) Emphysema.

5. With what are Nabokov and Vyra fascinated?
(a) Their new shop.
(b) Their new home.
(c) Their new son
(d) Their steamer to New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Nabokov compare existence?

2. Who occupies one of the estates near St. Petersburg when not abroad?

3. What do both Vladimir's writings on technical matters as well as philosophical have in common?

4. Why does Young Vladimir favor the new methods of studying butterflies?

5. Why does she hand him a hand mirror?

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