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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. Charles Kinbote thinks John Shade enjoyed more "creative freedom" during the composition of which Canto?
(a) Canto Four.
(b) Canto Three.
(c) Canto One.
(d) Canto Two.

2. What are the two most important things in Shade's life?
(a) His poetry and his wife.
(b) His Zemblan heritage and his wife.
(c) His job as a professor and his wife.
(d) His wife and Charles Kinbote.

3. John Shade recites his poetry to one person prior to its publication. Who is that person?
(a) The king of Zembla.
(b) Charles Kinbote.
(c) His wife.
(d) Dr. Sutton.

4. Of the following, which has been added to Shade's childhood home?
(a) A garage.
(b) Electricity.
(c) A chimney.
(d) A TV antenna.

5. What is the name of John Shade's aunt?
(a) Maude.
(b) She is never mentioned by name.
(c) Hazel.
(d) Sybil.

Short Answer Questions

1. Canto Four contains a metaphor comparing this activity to John Shade's writing process?

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

3. 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?

4. How does John Shade's daughter die?

5. Which of the following has Shade renounced?

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