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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. King Charles was only able to love the queen______.
(a) Before they were married.
(b) In his dreams.
(c) After the invasion.
(d) While in captivity.

2. What is John Shade doing when Charles Kinbote hallucinates that he hears his voice?
(a) Writing Canto Three.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Making love to his wife.
(d) Golfing.

3. Gradus misinterprets a coded message from headquarters. What does he think his orders are?
(a) To wait in Geneva for a shipment of salmon.
(b) To dress in a red coat and hat.
(c) To wait in Geneva for further instructions.
(d) To follow the king to America.

4. How do the people of Zembla aid in King Charles' flight?
(a) They dress like him to serve as decoys.
(b) They create a distraction with a hot air balloon.
(c) They fight off the Extremists.
(d) They provide Charles refuge along the way.

5. Who or what does John Shade claim to see in his near-death experience?
(a) A fountain.
(b) His Wife.
(c) The Zemblan Mountains.
(d) His daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the Shade's spend the evening of their daughter's blind date?

2. Who is King Alfin the Vague's son?

3. How does King Charles get out of the room where he is being held prisoner without being detected?

4. At his hotel Gradus receives orders from headquarters telling him to do what?

5. According to Kinbote what is the only real name used in the poem, "Pale Fire?"

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