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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Commentary, Line 681: gloomy Russians spied through Line 691: the attack.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gradus bring Oswin Bretwit?
(a) A map of Zembla.
(b) A valuable coin collection.
(c) A newspaper.
(d) Letters between Bretwit's family members.

2. Who is King Charles' grandfather?
(a) King Alfin the Vague.
(b) Odon.
(c) Thurgus the Third.
(d) Charles Kinbote.

3. Gradus visits Oswin Bretwit in order to find information on King Charles' location. What is Oswin Bretwit's profession?
(a) A reporter.
(b) A Zemblan diplomat.
(c) A member of the Shadows.
(d) A spy.

4. Kinbote fills in a blank space in "Pale Fire" with what name?
(a) Zembla.
(b) His own.
(c) King Charles.
(d) John Shade.

5. How do the extremists learn the King has escaped?
(a) He is killed in New Wye.
(b) They find out Odon is making a film in France.
(c) He gives a radio broadcast.
(d) He leaves a letter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does John Shade address in line 246 which ends "...my dear"

2. 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?

3. Charles Kinbote wants the reader to see the image of who/what after reading the lines 131-132, "I was the waxing slain by feigned remoteness in the windowpane?"

4. Which of the following is not mentioned by Shade in Canto One?

5. What is the name of Joseph S. Lavender's nephew?

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