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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Commentary, Line 167: There was a time, etc. through Line 171: A great conspiracy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of the following, what do John Shade and the assassin have in common?
(a) They both had aunts who were put in an asylum.
(b) They both were orphaned.
(c) They were both born in Russia.
(d) They were both Zemblan kings.

2. Queen Blenda's favorite hobby is ______ .
(a) Singing.
(b) Riding.
(c) Knitting.
(d) Bird watching.

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

5. Which Pope is mentioned in the commentary to Line 85?
(a) Benedict IX.
(b) Alexander I.
(c) Stephen II.
(d) Pius X.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. In Canto Two we find that Shade's daughter had been vacationing in what faraway place?

5. Where do the Shade's travel to take their minds off their daughter's death?

(see the answer key)

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