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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 of the following does not happen to the I.P.H.?
(a) It becomes a place where fake seances are held.
(b) It becomes frequented by Freudians.
(c) It becomes more Buddhist.
(d) It is turned into a church.

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

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

4. Who raises John Shade during his childhood?
(a) His mother.
(b) His aunt.
(c) His father.
(d) Dr. Sutton.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Shade when he wrote Canto Two?

2. Who or what does John Shade claim to see in his near-death experience?

3. How does John Shade's daughter die?

4. Which of the following best describes a recurring theme in the first Canto?

5. Charles Kinbote "mercifully " attributes this name to one professor, perhaps due to his green jacket.

(see the answer key)

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