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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. In Canto Two we find that Shade's daughter had been vacationing in what faraway place?
(a) Zembla.
(b) Quebec.
(c) New Wye.
(d) France.

2. How do the Shade's spend the evening of their daughter's blind date?
(a) Studying birds.
(b) Writing poems.
(c) Watching television.
(d) Reading.

3. John Shade is skeptical but he wants to believe in what?
(a) His lineage of Zemblan Kings.
(b) His daughther is still alive.
(c) The after-life.
(d) Religion.

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

5. How does John Shade understand his life?
(a) Through his wife's love.
(b) Through religion.
(c) Through his poetry.
(d) Through the love of his daughter.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who raises John Shade during his childhood?

3. How many lines are in Canto Four?

4. What animal did Shade's parents study?

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

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