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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. According to Kinbote, who was Thurgus the Third's lover?
(a) Oleg.
(b) Iris Acht.
(c) Fleur.
(d) Maude Shade.

2. Kinbote criticizes the passage in which Shade alternates between the story of his daughter's death, and what he and his wife are doing at the time. What is his major criticism of this passage?
(a) It doesn't rhyme.
(b) It is unrealistic.
(c) It is too drawn out.
(d) It is not sincere enough.

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

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

5. The first draft of "Pale Fire" was composed on a series of index cards. How many index cards did the author use?
(a) 334.
(b) 80.
(c) 166.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who helps King Charles escape?

2. What book does King Charles find on his way out of the castle?

3. John Shade gives a lecture on what in Canto Three?

4. Who is King Alfin the Vague's son?

5. Of the following, which has been added to Shade's childhood home?

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