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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. Which of the following best describes John Shade's daughter?
(a) Unattractive and intellegent.
(b) Humble and worried.
(c) Introverted, but fascinating.
(d) Attractive, but tormented.

2. During what time of the year does John Shade prefer to write?
(a) Winter.
(b) Spring.
(c) Summer.
(d) Upon the conclusion of the Zemblan harvest.

3. Which of the following most closely describes Kinbote's depiction by university drama students?
(a) A displaced Zemblan king on the run from assassins.
(b) A brilliant writer and professor who is loyal to his friend John Shade.
(c) A pompus woman-hater with a German accent.
(d) A raving lunatic with no perception of reality.

4. In lines 936 and 937 of "Pale Fire" the phrase "I plow Old Zembla's fields" is used by John Shade as part of a metaphor for what literal activity?
(a) His relationship with his wife.
(b) The changing seasons.
(c) Shaving.
(d) Revisiting his Zemblan ancestry .

5. 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 is a Zemblan queen.
(b) She had a different vision.
(c) She also had a daughter who passed away recently.
(d) She is married to Charles Kinbote.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following best describes the pervading theme of Canto Four?

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

3. On what day did John Shade begin composing his poem "Pale Fire?"

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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