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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pale Fire, Canto Three.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Charles Kinbote "mercifully " attributes this name to one professor, perhaps due to his green jacket.
(a) Dr. Nattochdag.
(b) Jim Coates.
(c) Green Velvet.
(d) Gerald Emerald.

3. Of the following, who is not mentioned in the first Canto?
(a) The King of Zembla.
(b) A Candian maid.
(c) Shade's aunt.
(d) Dr. Sutton.

4. According to Kinbote, where did Sybil Shade relocate to upon John Shade's death?
(a) Cedarn,Utana.
(b) Quebec.
(c) Zembla.
(d) Russia.

5. John Shade is skeptical but he wants to believe in what?
(a) His lineage of Zemblan Kings.
(b) The after-life.
(c) Religion.
(d) His daughther is still alive.

Short Answer Questions

1. A fellow-professor calls Charles Kinbote by what nickname?

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

3. The first draft of "Pale Fire" was composed on a series of index cards. How many index cards did the author use?

4. What is the first metaphor Shade uses to describe himself?

5. What does Shade find out when he tracks down the woman who had the same vision of the after-life that he did?

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