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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To where do the boys win scholarships?
(a) University of Paris.
(b) College of William and Mary.
(c) Oxford.
(d) Tufts University.

2. What do Yuri and Nabokov invent?
(a) A tool to make household chores easier.
(b) A game.
(c) A way to distract siblings.
(d) A weapon.

3. What is the process by which Vladimir Nabokov writes "Speak, Memory?"
(a) The autobiographical novel is culled from Russian history books.
(b) The autobiographical novel is culled from essays written by the author's son.
(c) The autobiographical novel is culled from essays on his life.
(d) The autobiographical novel is culled from stories told to him by family members.

4. Why is he detained briefly in 1918, by a Bolshevik soldier?
(a) He is trying to escape the country.
(b) He is evading the draft.
(c) He has run away from the Red Army.
(d) He is accused him of signaling British warships with his net.

5. With what is the aristocratic Nabokov house stocked?
(a) Russian antiques.
(b) French literature.
(c) English and French amenities.
(d) German beer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a battle against the yawning darkness?

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

3. What is happening in the larger cities of Western Europe?

4. What does the headstrong Yuri in later life introduce to Nabokov?

5. Where does Nabokov's family live until his father's death in 1922?

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