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

2. A fellow-professor calls Charles Kinbote by what nickname?
(a) Gerald Emerald.
(b) Prof. C.
(c) The King of Zembla.
(d) The Great Beaver.

3. Which of the following is not mentioned by Shade in Canto One?
(a) The sky.
(b) Dr. Sutton.
(c) A baseball game.
(d) The Zemblan countryside.

4. What happens to John Shade's aunt?
(a) She has a stroke and is moved to a sanitarium.
(b) She has a heart attack and dies.
(c) She falls down the stairs and breaks her hip.
(d) She drowns in a lake.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What typically goes on at the I.P.H.?

2. John Shade reads an article written by this person about a woman who had a similar vision?

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

4. According to Kinbote, where did Sybil Shade relocate to upon John Shade's death?

5. What animal did Shade's parents study?

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