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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. How do the extremists try to prevent King Charles from leaving the country?
(a) They search all trains.
(b) They search all caves.
(c) They close all the airports.
(d) They outlaw driving.

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

3. 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) John Shade's wife.
(b) Poor translation from Zemblan to English.
(c) Communists.
(d) The Shadeans.

4. What is the assassin's real name?
(a) Jack Degree.
(b) Jakob Gradus.
(c) Jacques de Gray.
(d) Jake Ravus.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which best describes Kinbote's reason for rejecting the offer by the first potential publisher of "Pale Fire"?

3. Which of the following best describes a recurring theme in the first Canto?

4. Of the following, what do John Shade and the assassin have in common?

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

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