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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What intrigues the young Nabokov about the novel?
(a) Its mystery and murder.
(b) Its love of America and the wilderness.
(c) Its deliberate action and concern for honor.
(d) The description of nature and the American frontier.

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

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

4. How do the aristocrats confront the ocean waves?
(a) On a boat.
(b) By swimming in groups.
(c) With the help of professional bathers.
(d) By diving in.

5. How long does the family stay in Paris?
(a) One night.
(b) Six months.
(c) One month.
(d) One week.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does this hobby do to him?

2. Why does Max endear himself to the dogs?

3. After his father's death, to where does Nabokov's widowed mother move?

4. Who is he surprised to see on stage as "The Gala Girls?"

5. In any of the memories he has from before his obsession began, Nabokov cannot recall the presence of butterflies. What can he recall afterward?

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