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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pale Fire, Canto Three.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not mentioned by Shade in Canto One?
(a) The sky.
(b) Dr. Sutton.
(c) The Zemblan countryside.
(d) A baseball game.

2. Of the following, which most accurately describes the lines in the first stanza of Canto One?
(a) They have the same number of words
(b) They are symetrical.
(c) They are written in ryhming couplets.
(d) They lack punctuation

3. John Shade gives a lecture on what in Canto Three?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Death.
(c) Zembla.
(d) Birds.

4. Which of the following best describes John Shade's daughter?
(a) Unattractive and intellegent.
(b) Attractive, but tormented.
(c) Humble and worried.
(d) Introverted, but fascinating.

5. Kinbote is steadfast in his assertion that "Pale Fire" was intended to be how many lines long?
(a) 999.
(b) 166.
(c) 1000.
(d) 334.

Short Answer Questions

1. What typically goes on at the I.P.H.?

2. What animal did Shade's parents study?

3. John Shade reads an article written by this person about a woman who had a similar vision?

4. The phrase "pale fire" is used in the foreword to describe what?

5. Who raises John Shade during his childhood?

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