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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Sergey end up in a concentration camp?
(a) He humiliated a high-ranking official.
(b) He is Jewish.
(c) He is captured by the Nazis as a POW.
(d) Due to his outspoken opposition to the regime.

2. How many children do the Nabokovs eventually have?
(a) Six.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Five.

3. Why does Max endear himself to the dogs?
(a) He is initially afraid of them, so he gives them treats, so they will stay calm.
(b) He loves dogs.
(c) He would like to own a kennel of his own some day.
(d) So they do not raise the alarm when he comes back from his late night trysts.

4. On what does the rest of the family live?
(a) On an estate in Germany.
(b) On government assistance.
(c) On the sale of a handful of family jewels.
(d) His father's retirement check.

5. After Cambridge, how is Nabokov's life?
(a) A similar life to that in Russia.
(b) A life of financial destitution and intellectual opulence.
(c) A middle-class life.
(d) A life of financial success and artistic destitution.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the purpose of the Constituent Assembly?

2. Nabokov develops a fondness for what?

3. At what does Nabokov hint about Sergey?

4. What makes becoming a Russian novelist an uphill battle for Nabokov at Cambridge?

5. How would Nabokov spend hours?

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