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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. When did John Shade meet his wife?
(a) Their senior year of high school.
(b) 40 years ago.
(c) During the depression.
(d) After his parents' funeral.

2. Who is King Alfin the Vague's son?
(a) Dr. Sutton.
(b) King Charles.
(c) John Shade.
(d) Charles Kinbote.

3. What event causes John Shade to have a vision of the afterlife?
(a) He is hit by a car.
(b) He suffers a stroke.
(c) He gets lost in the Zemblan Mountains without food or water.
(d) He has a heart attack.

4. What happened to Shade's parents when he was a boy?
(a) They died.
(b) They were imprisoned.
(c) They put him up for adoption.
(d) They divorced/seperated.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose letter reveals the king's location to Gradus?

2. Charles Kinbote thinks John Shade enjoyed more "creative freedom" during the composition of which Canto?

3. Who does King Charles finally marry?

4. Who makes sexual advances on King Charles during the commentary to line 149?

5. What does Gradus bring Oswin Bretwit?

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