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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are Miss Norcott and Miss Hunt?
(a) Two of Vladimir's tutors.
(b) Two of Vladimir's girlfriends.
(c) Two of Vladimir's aunts.
(d) Two of Vladimir's governesses.

2. From where does the family leave for the United States?
(a) London, England.
(b) Dublin, Ireland.
(c) St. Nazaire, France.
(d) Brest, France.

3. How does Nabokov sum up Demitri's toddler years?
(a) "Never in my life have I sat on so many benches and park chairs, stone slabs and stone steps, terrace parapets and brims of fountain basins as I did in those days."
(b) "My son is the most whimsical, creative child I have ever met."
(c) "Never in my life have I spent more time out of doors, in museums, and playing than I have with my son."
(d) "I have never run, played, cried, or laughed more in my entire life."

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

5. What puts Nabokov at odds with many of his colleagues?
(a) His opinions of the state of affairs in his home country.
(b) His inability to speak English.
(c) His Russian accent.
(d) His desire to emigrate to the United States.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a crippling experience for him?

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

3. What is the purpose of the Constituent Assembly?

4. How does she respond to his poem?

5. What do Yuri and Nabokov invent?

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