Pale Fire | Multiple Choice Test Questions

Multiple Choice Questions

This section contains 180 multiple choice questions about Pale Fire. Multiple choice questions test a student's recall and understanding of the text. Use these questions for chapter quizzes, homework assignments or tests. Jump to the quiz/homework section for the multiple choice worksheets.

Multiple Choice - Forward

1. The first draft of "Pale Fire" was composed on a series of index cards. How many index cards did the author use?
a) 166.
b) 80.
c) 4.
d) 334.

2. "Pale Fire" is broken up into how many cantos?
a) 80.
b) 334.
c) 4.
d) 166.

3. The phrase "pale fire" is used in the foreword to describe what?
a) Index cards burning in an incinerator.
b) A squirrel.
c) The reflection of sunlight off the moon.
d) The snow in New Wye.

4. During the forward Charles Kinbote oddly notes that he is distracted...
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