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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Nabokov eventually discover a new species?
(a) At Cambridge.
(b) As a small boy in Russia.
(c) Not until he is an old man, living in exile in the United States.
(d) In Germany visiting his family.

2. What does Vladimir continue to do while in exile in Berlin?
(a) Own property in Russia.
(b) Work for the Russian government.
(c) Take his family to France for the summers.
(d) Write about human rights.

3. What does this thriving upper-class tourist industry offer?
(a) Expensive restaurants, street vendors, and swimming lessons.
(b) Live performances, pubs and restaurants, and bicycles to rent.
(c) Vendors lining the beach and even servants in the change huts to assist in the removal of bathing suits.
(d) Gambling, live theatre, and music.

4. What is the last Nabokov hears of Lenski?
(a) He is scrapping by, selling painted seashells on the Riviera in France.
(b) He is a professor at the University of Paris.
(c) He owns a restaurant in Dublin.
(d) He is working as an actor in London.

5. Why does Vasiliy insist upon lying supine on the floor?
(a) He claims it helps him breathe better.
(b) He claims it relieves his chest pains.
(c) He claims it improves his posture.
(d) He claims it stretches out his spine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Nabokov's father force the family to leave a sidewalk cafe?

2. Though he is an excellent teacher to the Nabokov boys, what does Lenski find difficult?

3. What is memorable about this first memory?

4. What is the common name for Boletusoften?

5. What has Nabokov always had difficulty doing?

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