View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Commentary, Line 697: Conclusive destination through Line 830: Sybil, it is.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gradus bring Oswin Bretwit?
(a) Letters between Bretwit's family members.
(b) A map of Zembla.
(c) A valuable coin collection.
(d) A newspaper.

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

3. What message did Gradus incorrectly give headquarters?
(a) He has received the salmon.
(b) He does not know the king's location.
(c) He knows the king's location.
(d) He is on the way to America.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Kinbote blame for not receiving an invitation to John Shade's birthday party?

2. Following the death of King Charles' mother, Queen Blenda, a seance is held for what purpose?

3. Where do the Shade's travel to take their minds off their daughter's death?

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

5. Where does Kinbote find the term "Tangra dust?"

(see the answer key)

This section contains 257 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample