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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. Whose spirit supposedly haunts the barn?
(a) King Charles.
(b) King Alfin the Vague.
(c) The farmer who used to sleep there.
(d) Hazel Shade.

2. On what day did John Shade begin composing his poem "Pale Fire?"
(a) July 4th.
(b) July 1st.
(c) July 5th.
(d) We are not told explicitly, only that it is during the summer.

3. 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.

4. How old was Shade when he wrote Canto Two?
(a) 40.
(b) 80.
(c) 61.
(d) We are never told exactly, only that he is "a youth".

5. John Shade criticizes his students for which of the following transgressions?
(a) Talking about Zembla.
(b) Writing "irony" in the margins of their books.
(c) Using cliches.
(d) Reading stupidly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book does King Charles find on his way out of the castle?

2. How does John Shade's daughter die?

3. Who helps King Charles escape?

4. According to Kinbote, who was Thurgus the Third's lover?

5. Who is King Charles' grandfather?

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