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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 vows to further explore what in Canto Two?
(a) Reincarnation vs. heaven and hell.
(b) The depths of human consciousness.
(c) The possibility of an afterlife.
(d) The Zemblan Kings and their Gods.

2. During the forward Charles Kinbote oddly notes that he is distracted by who/what?
(a) A squirrel.
(b) An amusement park.
(c) Sybill Shade.
(d) Shadeans.

3. Charles Kinbote "mercifully " attributes this name to one professor, perhaps due to his green jacket.
(a) Gerald Emerald.
(b) Green Velvet.
(c) Jim Coates.
(d) Dr. Nattochdag.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first metaphor Shade uses to describe himself?

2. Which of the following has Shade renounced?

3. Of the following, which most accurately describes the lines in the first stanza of Canto One?

4. Where was the foreword written?

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

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