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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What puts Nabokov at odds with many of his colleagues?
(a) His desire to emigrate to the United States.
(b) His Russian accent.
(c) His inability to speak English.
(d) His opinions of the state of affairs in his home country.

2. What earns Vladimir several rebukes from the Tsarist government?
(a) His teasing of the Tsarina.
(b) His increasing outspokenness about human rights.
(c) His tardiness to meetings.
(d) His refusal to be on this council.

3. What do both Vladimir's writings on technical matters as well as philosophical have in common?
(a) They are filled with mistakes.
(b) They are inspiring.
(c) They have the same steadiness of thought.
(d) They are both boring.

4. Who does Nabokov marry?
(a) Yuria.
(b) Vyra.
(c) Isabella.
(d) Colette.

5. Why does Max endear himself to the dogs?
(a) He loves dogs.
(b) He would like to own a kennel of his own some day.
(c) He is initially afraid of them, so he gives them treats, so they will stay calm.
(d) So they do not raise the alarm when he comes back from his late night trysts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does she hand him a hand mirror?

2. Why does Sergey end up in a concentration camp?

3. What is publication like outside of Russia?

4. What fills Nabokov with surprise, while roller-skating?

5. What is one thing he recalls suddenly becoming aware of while creating a poem?

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