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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Of what are Nabokov's memories in a Russian setting?
(a) A quite German childhood.
(b) A quite English childhood.
(c) A quite Russian childhood.
(d) A quite French childhood.
2. What properties do the Nabokovs own until the Russian revolution?
(a) Several summer cottages on the Baltic Sea.
(b) Several large estates south of St. Petersburg.
(c) A large estate in St. Petersburg.
(d) A large estate in Moscow.
3. How does Nabokov open his autobiography?
(a) With a short review of Russian history.
(b) With a short meditation on the periods of inexistence before birth and after death.
(c) With a short story about the birth of his son.
(d) With an examination of his early childhood.
4. This chapter is the first recorded work, published in French in 1936, under the name "Mademoiselle O."
(a) Chapter Two.
(b) Chapter Four.
(c) Chapter Five.
(d) Chapter Seven.
5. When does Nabokov see Mademoiselle again after she is no longer in their household?
(a) In New York after the family emigrates to the U.S.
(b) In London while Nabokov is at Cambridge.
(c) In Paris right before the war.
(d) In Lausanne after the war.
Short Answer Questions
1. How many years does Mademoiselle spend with the family?
2. Why is the family forced to leave Russia?
3. To whom does Nabokov feel the strongest bond of kinship?
4. What is the common name for Boletusoften?
5. What are two events that Nabokov remembers watching outside his mother's window?
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