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

2. How do the Shade's spend the evening of their daughter's blind date?
(a) Watching television.
(b) Reading.
(c) Writing poems.
(d) Studying birds.

3. Of the following, what do John Shade and the assassin have in common?
(a) They were both born in Russia.
(b) They both had aunts who were put in an asylum.
(c) They were both Zemblan kings.
(d) They both were orphaned.

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

5. According to Kinbote, who was Thurgus the Third's lover?
(a) Fleur.
(b) Maude Shade.
(c) Iris Acht.
(d) Oleg.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the people of Zembla aid in King Charles' flight?

2. Who helps King Charles escape?

3. In Canto Two we find that Shade's daughter had been vacationing in what faraway place?

4. Who sets up John Shade's daughter on a blind date?

5. John Shade vows to further explore what in Canto Two?

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