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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Commentary, Lines 1-4: I was the shadow of the waxwing slain, etc. through Line 70: the new TV.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following has Shade renounced?
(a) His friends.
(b) His family.
(c) His country.
(d) His religion.

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

4. Of the following, what do John Shade and the assassin have in common?
(a) They both were orphaned.
(b) They were both Zemblan kings.
(c) They both had aunts who were put in an asylum.
(d) They were both born in Russia.

5. What does Kinbote want us to believe was the catalyst for John Shade's choice to set "Pale Fire" during the winter months?
(a) Bird flying south for the winter.
(b) Shade meeting Kinbote during the previous winter.
(c) The great tragedy Shade has experienced during winter.
(d) The Zemblan King's assasination in January.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following best describes John Shade's idea of life on earth?

2. John Shade reads an article written by this person about a woman who had a similar vision?

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

4. In Canto Two we find that Shade's daughter had been vacationing in what faraway place?

5. Where was the foreword written?

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