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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does she hand him a hand mirror?
(a) He has a cut on his forehead.
(b) He has grown so much.
(c) His face is covered in dirt.
(d) He had smashed a mosquito on his cheek.

2. What does Nabokov confess about Yuri and himself?
(a) The "slums of sex" were unknown to both of them.
(b) The devastation of war is new to them.
(c) They wish they had girlfriends.
(d) They know nothing about America.

3. In 1904, who does Nabokov remember meeting for the first time?
(a) His uncle.
(b) His youngest brother.
(c) His cousin.
(d) His sister.

4. What does the revolution do to most of the Russian writers and artists?
(a) Sends them into exile.
(b) Hires them to write about the revolution.
(c) Increases their fame.
(d) Gives them subjects for their work.

5. How does Nabokov's father die?
(a) He commits suicide in Paris.
(b) He is assassinated in Berlin.
(c) He has a stroke in Berlin.
(d) He has a heart attack in Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is happening in the larger cities of Western Europe?

2. After Cambridge, how is Nabokov's life?

3. What types of tutors does Nabokov's father seem to intentionally choose?

4. What does the headstrong Yuri in later life introduce to Nabokov?

5. The boredom of the audience at these poetry performances is obvious to everyone but whom?

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