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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. How does King Charles flee Zembla?
(a) On foot.
(b) By plane.
(c) By car.
(d) By boat.

2. How did King Alfin the Vague die?
(a) He committed suicide.
(b) In a plane crash.
(c) He had a stroke.
(d) He was assassinated.

3. Who or what does John Shade claim to see in his near-death experience?
(a) His daughter.
(b) A fountain.
(c) The Zemblan Mountains.
(d) His Wife.

4. The final couplet of "Pale Fire" describes what image?
(a) The Zemblan countryside.
(b) John Shade's daughter.
(c) A bird flying into a closed window.
(d) A gardener pushing a wheel barrow.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did King Charles' marriage fail?

2. Who makes sexual advances on King Charles during the commentary to line 149?

3. A fellow-professor calls Charles Kinbote by what nickname?

4. When did John Shade begin Canto Two?

5. John Shade criticizes his students for which of the following transgressions?

(see the answer key)

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