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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What tutor looks like the French actor Max Linder?
(a) A Russian literature tutor.
(b) A graduate student.
(c) A polish medical student.
(d) A Greek spelling teacher.

2. After his retirement, from what does Dimitri Nabokov begin to suffer?
(a) Dementia.
(b) Arthritis.
(c) Emphysema.
(d) Heart disease.

3. To what does the memory of the bracelet lead?
(a) An important memory about his father.
(b) An important memory about Mademoiselle.
(c) An important memory about Colette.
(d) An important memory about his mother.

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

5. Who are Miss Norcott and Miss Hunt?
(a) Two of Vladimir's aunts.
(b) Two of Vladimir's tutors.
(c) Two of Vladimir's governesses.
(d) Two of Vladimir's girlfriends.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does the family stay in Paris?

2. What does young Nabokov's status as a child of the intelligentsia often do to him?

3. Though many doubt this ailment, What happens to Ivanovich?

4. What does the rain cause to grow on the estate?

5. To what is Nabokov's mother quite sensitive?

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