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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Commentary, Line 287: humming as you pack through Line 347, old barn.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who gives Kinbote information about John Shade's daughter?
(a) An old newspaper article.
(b) Shade's former secretary.
(c) John Shade.
(d) Sybil Shade.

2. When did John Shade meet his wife?
(a) After his parents' funeral.
(b) During the depression.
(c) 40 years ago.
(d) Their senior year of high school.

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

4. How does King Charles get out of the room where he is being held prisoner without being detected?
(a) He escapes through a secret passageway.
(b) He makes a rope ladder and climbs out the window.
(c) He seduces a guard who sets him free.
(d) He disguses himself as a guard and walks out the front door.

5. Who helps King Charles escape?
(a) Oleg.
(b) Charles Kinbote.
(c) John Shade.
(d) Odon.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Shade when he wrote Canto Two?

2. What did Charles Kinbote do with the cat?

3. What does Charles Kinbote do when he finds out where the Shades' are planning to go on vacation?

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

5. Charles Kinbote thinks John Shade enjoyed more "creative freedom" during the composition of which Canto?

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