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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Commentary, Line 109: iridule through Line 130: I never bounced a ball or swung a bat.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following best describes the pervading theme of Canto Four?
(a) John Shade's time in Zembla.
(b) John Shade's writing process.
(c) John Shade's relationship with Charles Kinbote.
(d) John Shade's relationship with his family.

2. Who does King Charles finally marry?
(a) The Countess.
(b) Otar.
(c) Fleur.
(d) Disa, Duchess of Payn.

3. Which of the following is not among John Shade's pet peeves?
(a) Jazz.
(b) Abstract art.
(c) Editors.
(d) Super market music.

4. King Alfin the Vague was an amateur______ .
(a) Poet.
(b) Ornothologist.
(c) Pilot.
(d) Gardener.

5. The final couplet of "Pale Fire" describes what image?
(a) The Zemblan countryside.
(b) A gardener pushing a wheel barrow.
(c) John Shade's daughter.
(d) A bird flying into a closed window.

Short Answer Questions

1. Charles Kinbote "mercifully " attributes this name to one professor, perhaps due to his green jacket.

2. Who is King Charles' grandfather?

3. How did King Alfin the Vague die?

4. Which of the following most closely describes Kinbote's depiction by university drama students?

5. Of the following, which most accurately describes the lines in the first stanza of Canto One?

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