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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. Shade mentions his wife translating poems into what language?
(a) French.
(b) Zemblan.
(c) English.
(d) Russian.

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

3. Which of the following best describes King Charles' marriage?
(a) Civil.
(b) Passive-aggressive.
(c) Tumultuous.
(d) Serene.

4. Kinbote notes that the poem alludes to what fictional character?
(a) King Charles.
(b) Shakespeare's Henry VIII.
(c) Lolita.
(d) Sherlock Holmes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Kinbote discuss in this section?

2. Who tells Kinbote the Shades' vacation destination?

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

4. What does Charles Kinbote do when he finds out where the Shades' are planning to go on vacation?

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

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