- 1. In which country was Vladimir Nabokov born?
A) France B) Russia C) United States D) Germany
- 2. What was the first novel written by Vladimir Nabokov?
A) Lolita B) Mary C) The Defense D) Despair
- 3. Which novel by Vladimir Nabokov is considered one of the greatest works in 20th-century literature?
A) Lolita B) Pale Fire C) Pnin D) Ada
- 4. What is the title of Vladimir Nabokov's autobiography?
A) Bend Sinister B) Speak, Memory C) Look at the Harlequins! D) Glory
- 5. In Nabokov's novel 'Pale Fire', what is the name of the narrator and protagonist?
A) Clare Quilty B) John Shade C) Charles Kinbote D) Humbert Humbert
- 6. Vladimir Nabokov was a prominent lepidopterist, a person who studies what?
A) Fish B) Reptiles C) Birds D) Butterflies
- 7. What is the famous opening line of Vladimir Nabokov's novel 'Lolita'?
A) I am a sick man... I am a spiteful man. B) Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. C) I want to tell you about a remarkable man. D) Once upon a time there lived in Berlin, Germany, a man called Albinus.
- 8. Which novel by Vladimir Nabokov is a fictional autobiography of a gifted chess player?
A) Invitation to a Beheading B) The Defense C) Bend Sinister D) King, Queen, Knave
- 9. What is the title of Nabokov's final, unfinished novel published posthumously in 2009?
A) Transparent Things B) Ada C) The Original of Laura D) Laughter in the Dark
- 10. In which American university did Vladimir Nabokov teach Russian and European literature?
A) Harvard University B) Cornell University C) Stanford University D) Yale University
- 11. What is the name of the protagonist in Nabokov's novel 'Ada'?
A) Humbert Humbert B) Kinbote C) Van Veen D) Shade
- 12. What pen name did Vladimir Nabokov use when publishing his first poems and stories?
A) Sirin B) Vagabond C) VĂ©ra Nabokov D) Cheshire
- 13. In Nabokov's novel 'Pnin', the title character is a professor of what subject?
A) Philosophy B) History C) Physics D) Russian Literature
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