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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Nabokov's mother often wander the estate's forest?
(a) It helps clear her mind.
(b) To search for mushrooms.
(c) She becomes lost easily.
(d) She loves the estate property.

2. After his father's death, to where does Nabokov's widowed mother move?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Prague.
(c) Paris.
(d) London.

3. What is young Vladimir's main concern?
(a) Whether or not he will be able to go hunting for new and rare butterflies.
(b) Whether or not he will be able to go horseback riding.
(c) Whether or not he can play in the forest.
(d) Whether or not he can play with his friends down the road.

4. Though many doubt this ailment, What happens to Ivanovich?
(a) He ends up with scoliosis.
(b) He dies from lung cancer.
(c) He slips a disc.
(d) He dies of a heart ailment.

5. What is one of his other memories?
(a) Playing tag with his younger brother.
(b) Getting lost in the estate's vast forest.
(c) A dark tunnel through which he crawls, behind a divan in his parent's home.
(d) Getting his foot stuck in the crib.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would change throughout Nabokov's childhood, depending on the prevailing advice of the family's current medical consultant?

2. To whom does Nabokov feel the strongest bond of kinship?

3. This chapter is the first recorded work, published in French in 1936, under the name "Mademoiselle O."

4. What does this hobby do to him?

5. Each day, when he awakes, how can young Vladimir tell what kind of day it is?

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