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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book I, Chapters 14-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Russian writer is quoted in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Tolstoy.
(b) Pushkin.
(c) Chekhov.
(d) Dostoyevski.

2. What is the "lolita" that Ada wears?
(a) A hat.
(b) A shirt.
(c) A shawl.
(d) A skirt.

3. Where is Van and Ada's first sexual encounter?
(a) In Van's room.
(b) In a cave.
(c) In a pond.
(d) In an apple tree.

4. What question of Van's does Ada not answer in Chapter 12?
(a) What she feels about him.
(b) What the difference is between town and country.
(c) What she dreams about at night.
(d) What the third Real Thing is.

5. What does Baron d'Onsky try to buy from Demon?
(a) A small sculpture of an apple.
(b) A picture of a nude woman.
(c) A deck of risque playing cards.
(d) An engraved cigarette case.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Marina, Demon, and Daniel's shared birthday?

2. What causes both Van and Ada to rush back to the house?

3. Who is at home when Van first arrives at Ardis Hall?

4. What contact with Ada excites Van?

5. When Van takes a walk after first arriving at Ardis Hall, who does he run into?

(see the answer key)

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