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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The rest of the chapters are published separately, mainly by whom?
(a) The New York Times.
(b) The St. Petersburg Publishing House.
(c) The New Yorker.
(d) The Chicago Tribune.

2. What is the common name for Boletusoften?
(a) Tropical hibiscus.
(b) Blue grass.
(c) Tube mushrooms.
(d) Red geraniums.

3. What does Vladimir do before hurrying young Nabokov along to school?
(a) He bends down to kiss Nabokov.
(b) He makes sure he eats breakfast.
(c) He has him take a bath.
(d) He checks his school work.

4. On what does the rest of the family live?
(a) On the sale of a handful of family jewels.
(b) His father's retirement check.
(c) On government assistance.
(d) On an estate in Germany.

5. Who finds himself surrounded by social elites whose view of the Revolution is, at least at first, far more positive than his own?
(a) Yuri.
(b) Sergey.
(c) Dmitri.
(d) Nabokov.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Nabokov called in exile?

2. Why does Nabokov's mother often wander the estate's forest?

3. How does Lett punish the boys?

4. What are two events that Nabokov remembers watching outside his mother's window?

5. How does she respond to his poem?

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