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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 reads an article written by this person about a woman who had a similar vision?
(a) Charles Kinbote.
(b) The President of the IPH.
(c) Jim Coats.
(d) Gerald Emerald.

2. Which best describes Kinbote's reason for rejecting the offer by the first potential publisher of "Pale Fire"?
(a) He made Kinbote responsible for any errors in the commentary.
(b) Kinbote would not have full editorial control.
(c) He would not let Kinbote translate the poem into Zemblan.
(d) Sybil Shade would not recieve her full share of the profits.

3. Of the following, which most accurately describes the lines in the first stanza of Canto One?
(a) They are symetrical.
(b) They have the same number of words
(c) They are written in ryhming couplets.
(d) They lack punctuation

4. What typically goes on at the I.P.H.?
(a) People gather to discuss Zemblan history.
(b) People gather to discuss the after-life.
(c) Poets gather to read their work.
(d) People gather to discuss different species of birds.

5. John Shade gives a lecture on what in Canto Three?
(a) Zembla.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Birds.
(d) Death.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Forty ounces of fine sand" describes what in Canto One?

2. Kinbote is steadfast in his assertion that "Pale Fire" was intended to be how many lines long?

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

4. Who sets up John Shade's daughter on a blind date?

5. The phrase "pale fire" is used in the foreword to describe what?

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