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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Commentary, Lines 597-608: the thoughts we should roll-call, etc. through Line 680: Lolita.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kinbote leaves his blinds open to give him a better view of what?
(a) Garden Avenue.
(b) The gardener.
(c) The Shade's living room.
(d) The library.

2. Charles Kinbote assumes John Shade wanted to write a great deal more about Zembla, but did not. Who or what does Kinbote attribute this too?
(a) Poor translation from Zemblan to English.
(b) John Shade's wife.
(c) The Shadeans.
(d) Communists.

3. What Kinbote thought was an amusement park outside is actually what?
(a) Birds.
(b) Campers.
(c) A thunderstorm.
(d) Gradus.

4. John Shade recites his poetry to one person prior to its publication. Who is that person?
(a) Dr. Sutton.
(b) The king of Zembla.
(c) Charles Kinbote.
(d) His wife.

5. Who is the previous inhabitant of Charles Kinbote's house?
(a) Wordsmith University's gardener.
(b) Dr. Sutton.
(c) Judge Goldsmith.
(d) The King of Zembla.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kinbote notes that the poem alludes to what fictional character?

2. What does Gradus bring Oswin Bretwit?

3. What does Kinbote want us to believe was the catalyst for John Shade's choice to set "Pale Fire" during the winter months?

4. Charles Kinbote thinks the reference to "that crystal land" in line 12 refers to what place?

5. In this section (Lines 597-608), Charles Kinbote spies on a conversation between John Shade and whom?

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