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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nabokov investigate about his family?
(a) Their country of origin.
(b) The family's coat of arms.
(c) Their religion.
(d) Their relationship to the tsar.

2. What is Nabokov's favorite medium?
(a) Watercolors.
(b) Clay.
(c) Drawing.
(d) Oils.

3. What is the common name for Boletusoften?
(a) Tube mushrooms.
(b) Tropical hibiscus.
(c) Blue grass.
(d) Red geraniums.

4. What is a battle against the yawning darkness?
(a) Prayer.
(b) Love.
(c) Autobiography.
(d) Religion.

5. How does Mr. Cummings influence Nabokov's scientific drawings of butterflies?
(a) He is Nabokov's drawing instructor.
(b) He is Nabokov's botanist.
(c) He is Nabokov's butterfly instructor.
(d) He is Nabokov's science instructor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the family forced to leave Russia?

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

3. To what simple rule does Nabokov's mother ascribe?

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

5. What does Nabokov call the process of using both the English and Russian translations of "Speak, Memory" to shape the current work?

(see the answer key)

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