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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Nabokov's tutor rebuked by his mother?
(a) He is repeatedly late.
(b) He spies on the young couple.
(c) He is being rude to her children.
(d) He is not doing an adequate job.

2. What types of tutors does Nabokov's father seem to intentionally choose?
(a) Tutors with widely varying backgrounds and subjects of expertise.
(b) Tutors with a background in Russian literature.
(c) Those with experience working with aristocrat's children.
(d) Those who attend college at Cambridge.

3. Why does the relationship fizzle out?
(a) Tamara is tired of him.
(b) They no longer have anything in common.
(c) Nabokov's father finds out.
(d) Tamara moves back to St. Petersburg and gets a job.

4. What is the response to Nabokov's published book of poems?
(a) Huge praise.
(b) Critics want to see another book published.
(c) Critics are not kind.
(d) No response.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nabokov mean when he says poetry is positional?

2. How is Nabokov's life at Cambridge, compared to his former existence?

3. What happens to Yuri in northern Crimea?

4. Who does Nabokov meet at the age of sixteen?

5. While he is writing a poem, to what is he prone?

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