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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 is the first metaphor Shade uses to describe himself?
(a) A great bear.
(b) A pheasant's feet.
(c) A bird flying into a window.
(d) A snowflake falling to the ground.

2. What does Shade find out when he tracks down the woman who had the same vision of the after-life that he did?
(a) She also had a daughter who passed away recently.
(b) She is married to Charles Kinbote.
(c) She had a different vision.
(d) She is a Zemblan queen.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following best describes John Shade's daughter?

2. What happened to Shade's parents when he was a boy?

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

4. Which of the following does not happen to the I.P.H.?

5. Where do the Shade's travel to take their minds off their daughter's death?

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