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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. Who is King Alfin the Vague's son?
(a) Dr. Sutton.
(b) King Charles.
(c) John Shade.
(d) Charles Kinbote.

2. What animal did Shade's parents study?
(a) Bears.
(b) Bats.
(c) Birds.
(d) Beavers.

3. John Shade comes to the realization that he can not find what at the I.P.H.?
(a) Truth about Shakespeare's sonnets.
(b) Truth about the after-life.
(c) Truth about the sordid history of Zembla.
(d) Truth about bird watching.

4. Charles Kinbote gave John Shade a detailed drawing of King Charles' castle; what does he want John Shade's wife to do with the picture?
(a) Send it to the publisher.
(b) Frame it.
(c) Destroy it.
(d) Send it to him.

5. What happens to John Shade's aunt?
(a) She drowns in a lake.
(b) She has a stroke and is moved to a sanitarium.
(c) She falls down the stairs and breaks her hip.
(d) She has a heart attack and dies.

Short Answer Questions

1. John Shade's daughter is how old at the beginning of Canto Three?

2. Who sets up John Shade's daughter on a blind date?

3. Who is King Charles' grandfather?

4. 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?

5. How do the Shade's spend the evening of their daughter's blind date?

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