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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Commentary, Line 469: his gun through Line 493: She took her poor young life.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. King Charles was only able to love the queen______.
(a) Before they were married.
(b) In his dreams.
(c) After the invasion.
(d) While in captivity.

2. Which of the following best describes a recurring theme in the first Canto?
(a) Abandonment.
(b) Color.
(c) Reflection.
(d) Change.

3. Where does Gradus go to look for the king?
(a) Cedarn.
(b) Geneva.
(c) Quebec.
(d) Russia.

4. When did John Shade meet his wife?
(a) During the depression.
(b) Their senior year of high school.
(c) After his parents' funeral.
(d) 40 years ago.

5. Who makes sexual advances on King Charles during the commentary to line 149?
(a) Garh.
(b) Odon.
(c) Fleur.
(d) Oleg.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following best describes King Charles' marriage?

2. During what time of the year does John Shade prefer to write?

3. During the forward Charles Kinbote oddly notes that he is distracted by who/what?

4. Whose spirit supposedly haunts the barn?

5. Where was the foreword written?

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