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

2. Which of the following does Kinbote discuss in this section?
(a) Birds.
(b) Russia.
(c) Dr. Sutton.
(d) Suicide.

3. Who raises John Shade during his childhood?
(a) His father.
(b) Dr. Sutton.
(c) His mother.
(d) His aunt.

4. John Shade's aunt is best described as what?
(a) Eccentric.
(b) Wicked.
(c) Agnostic.
(d) Religious.

5. Which pair best describe the prominent motifs of the first Canto?
(a) Windows and snow.
(b) Nature and death.
(c) Innocence and loss.
(d) Nature and technology.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does King Charles finally marry?

2. Which Pope is mentioned in the commentary to Line 85?

3. Charles Kinbote assumes John Shade wanted to write a great deal more about Zembla, but did not. Who or what does Kinbote attribute this too?

4. John Shade is skeptical but he wants to believe in what?

5. What is the name of John Shade's aunt?

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