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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The rest of the chapters are published separately, mainly by whom?
(a) The New York Times.
(b) The New Yorker.
(c) The St. Petersburg Publishing House.
(d) The Chicago Tribune.

2. Who rents a modest summer cottage called a dachka?
(a) Tamara's parents.
(b) The Nabokov family.
(c) Nabokov's uncle.
(d) Colette parents.

3. What does the rain cause to grow on the estate?
(a) Geraniums.
(b) Mushrooms.
(c) Grass.
(d) Hibiscus.

4. Why is Nabokov disappointed to hear that one of his tutors marries a peasant girl?
(a) He thinks he should have married one of his sisters.
(b) He thinks he should have married someone in a higher social class.
(c) He thinks of his tutors as people devoted to their art or profession.
(d) He thinks he should have married his aunt.

5. How many years does Mademoiselle spend with the family?
(a) Two
(b) Seven.
(c) Five.
(d) Seventeen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Nabokov called in exile?

2. What does the butterfly net in particular always invite?

3. What does Nabokov say they had lost that winter in St. Petersburg?

4. Why is the family forced to leave Russia?

5. How does Mr. Cummings influence Nabokov's scientific drawings of butterflies?

(see the answer key)

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