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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 writing process.
(b) John Shade's relationship with Charles Kinbote.
(c) John Shade's relationship with his family.
(d) John Shade's time in Zembla.

2. Where was the foreword written?
(a) Zembla.
(b) Cedarn, Utana.
(c) Russia.
(d) New Wye.

3. How does John Shade refer to the I.P.H.?
(a) The International Poetry House.
(b) The Institute.
(c) If.
(d) The "H".

4. John Shade reads an article written by this person about a woman who had a similar vision?
(a) Charles Kinbote.
(b) The President of the IPH.
(c) Jim Coats.
(d) Gerald Emerald.

5. Charles Kinbote assumes John Shade wanted to write a great deal more about Zembla, but did not. Who or what does Kinbote attribute this too?
(a) The Shadeans.
(b) Poor translation from Zemblan to English.
(c) John Shade's wife.
(d) Communists.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Shade find out when he tracks down the woman who had the same vision of the after-life that he did?

2. The phrase "pale fire" is used in the foreword to describe what?

3. Which of the following best describes John Shade's daughter?

4. According to Kinbote, who was Thurgus the Third's lover?

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

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