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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. What did Charles Kinbote do with the cat?
(a) He gave it to the maid.
(b) He wrote a poem about it.
(c) He gave it to John Shade as a birthday gift.
(d) He accidentally poisoned it.

2. What does Kinbote want us to believe was the catalyst for John Shade's choice to set "Pale Fire" during the winter months?
(a) The Zemblan King's assasination in January.
(b) Bird flying south for the winter.
(c) Shade meeting Kinbote during the previous winter.
(d) The great tragedy Shade has experienced during winter.

3. What does Charles Kinbote do when he finds out where the Shades' are planning to go on vacation?
(a) He tries to convince them to stay in New Wye.
(b) He sits in his house alone and drinks.
(c) He rents a house in the same town.
(d) He asks to go with them.

4. John Shade vows to further explore what in Canto Two?
(a) The depths of human consciousness.
(b) Reincarnation vs. heaven and hell.
(c) The possibility of an afterlife.
(d) The Zemblan Kings and their Gods.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following best describes John Shade's idea of life on earth?

2. John Shade's aunt is best described as what?

3. Who is the previous inhabitant of Charles Kinbote's house?

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

5. In the commentary to Line 181, Shade produces a book by what author and shows it to Sybil Shade?

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