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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. Where did Kinbote and Shade meet?
(a) The faculty club at lunch time.
(b) The English Department faculty lounge.
(c) The library .
(d) Zembla.

2. John Shade comes to the realization that he can not find what at the I.P.H.?
(a) Truth about the sordid history of Zembla.
(b) Truth about the after-life.
(c) Truth about Shakespeare's sonnets.
(d) Truth about bird watching.

3. The first draft of "Pale Fire" was composed on a series of index cards. How many index cards did the author use?
(a) 80.
(b) 166.
(c) 4.
(d) 334.

4. Kinbote is steadfast in his assertion that "Pale Fire" was intended to be how many lines long?
(a) 334.
(b) 166.
(c) 999.
(d) 1000.

5. How does John Shade refer to the I.P.H.?
(a) The International Poetry House.
(b) The Institute.
(c) The "H".
(d) If.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. John Shade's daughter is how old at the beginning of Canto Three?

3. Of the following, which has been added to Shade's childhood home?

4. John Shade vows to further explore what in Canto Two?

5. How does John Shade's daughter die?

(see the answer key)

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