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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. What animal did Shade's parents study?
(a) Birds.
(b) Beavers.
(c) Bears.
(d) Bats.

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

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

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

5. John Shade's daughter is how old at the beginning of Canto Three?
(a) We don't know exactly, only that she's a small child.
(b) 6 months.
(c) A senior in high school.
(d) 18.

Short Answer Questions

1. John Shade's aunt is best described as what?

2. John Shade gives a lecture on what in Canto Three?

3. What happens to John Shade's aunt?

4. When did John Shade meet his wife?

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

(see the answer key)

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