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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is seen as a dreaded event?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Speaking in public.
(c) Eating.
(d) Writing.

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

3. What is the process by which Vladimir Nabokov writes "Speak, Memory?"
(a) The autobiographical novel is culled from essays on his life.
(b) The autobiographical novel is culled from stories told to him by family members.
(c) The autobiographical novel is culled from Russian history books.
(d) The autobiographical novel is culled from essays written by the author's son.

4. Where does Nabokov's family live until his father's death in 1922?
(a) In Brussels.
(b) In Berlin.
(c) In Hamburg.
(d) In Paris.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Young Vladimir favor the new methods of studying butterflies?

2. What does Nabokov reveal about his mind?

3. With what is young Vladimir obsessed?

4. Where does Nabokov's mother trick Dimitri into believing he is still?

5. With what is the aristocratic Nabokov house stocked?

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