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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. Which of the following does Kinbote discuss in this section?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Dr. Sutton.
(c) Russia.
(d) Birds.

2. Where was the foreword written?
(a) Russia.
(b) New Wye.
(c) Cedarn, Utana.
(d) Zembla.

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

4. Whose spirit supposedly haunts the barn?
(a) King Charles.
(b) King Alfin the Vague.
(c) The farmer who used to sleep there.
(d) Hazel Shade.

5. John Shade vows to further explore what in Canto Two?
(a) The possibility of an afterlife.
(b) Reincarnation vs. heaven and hell.
(c) The depths of human consciousness.
(d) The Zemblan Kings and their Gods.

Short Answer Questions

1. John Shade reads an article written by this person about a woman who had a similar vision?

2. What word does Shade claim is incorrect in its meaning?

3. What event causes John Shade to have a vision of the afterlife?

4. What is the name of John Shade's aunt?

5. What message did Gradus incorrectly give headquarters?

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