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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 Kinbote do during John Shade's birthday party?
(a) He drinks alone.
(b) He writes and listens to music.
(c) He plays chess.
(d) He spies on the party.

2. Kinbote believes who will be punished by God?
(a) Women.
(b) Sinners.
(c) No one.
(d) Homosexuals.

3. What happens to John Shade's aunt?
(a) She has a heart attack and dies.
(b) She drowns in a lake.
(c) She falls down the stairs and breaks her hip.
(d) She has a stroke and is moved to a sanitarium.

4. Where does Gradus go to look for the king?
(a) Cedarn.
(b) Quebec.
(c) Russia.
(d) Geneva.

5. John Shade comes to the realization that he can not find what at the I.P.H.?
(a) Truth about bird watching.
(b) Truth about the after-life.
(c) Truth about Shakespeare's sonnets.
(d) Truth about the sordid history of Zembla.

Short Answer Questions

1. While he makes his way through the mountains, King Charles stops to spend the night in which of the following places?

2. Who does Kinbote blame for taking John Shade away from religion?

3. "Forty ounces of fine sand" describes what in Canto One?

4. How did King Alfin the Vague die?

5. Who raises John Shade during his childhood?

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