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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. It is unusual for aristocrats in Russian to be hanged, and as a child, what does Nabokov call the trail through the woods on the estate where a previous owner had been hanged?
(a) The "Hanging Rope."
(b) The "walk of the Hanged One."
(c) The "Road to a Hanging."
(d) The "Path of the Hanged."

2. What does Nabokov call the process of using both the English and Russian translations of "Speak, Memory" to shape the current work?
(a) Rewriting.
(b) Redoing.
(c) Reediting.
(d) Re-Englishing.

3. Why is the family forced to leave Russia?
(a) The father is in trouble with the police.
(b) Their visas have expired.
(c) The revolution has ended.
(d) Their religion is being persecuted.

4. To whom does Nabokov feel the strongest bond of kinship?
(a) His mother's maternal grandfather, Nikolay Illarionovich Kozlov.
(b) His father's maternal grandfather, Nikolay Illarionovich Kozlov.
(c) His father's paternal grandfather, Nikolay Illarionovich Kozlov.
(d) His mother's paternal grandfather, Nikolay Illarionovich Kozlov.

5. Soon, the string of nurses transforms into what?
(a) A string of surgeons.
(b) A string of governesses.
(c) A string of doctors.
(d) A string of teachers.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does the memory of the bracelet lead?

2. What is Nabokov's favorite medium?

3. The rest of the chapters are published separately, mainly by whom?

4. Where does Nabokov's family live until his father's death in 1922?

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

(see the answer key)

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