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. Joseph S. Lavender is a collector of what?
(a) Books.
(b) Zemblan art.
(c) Ombriols.
(d) Poetry.

2. Kinbote notes that the poem alludes to what fictional character?
(a) Lolita.
(b) Sherlock Holmes.
(c) Shakespeare's Henry VIII.
(d) King Charles.

3. John Shade is skeptical but he wants to believe in what?
(a) The after-life.
(b) Religion.
(c) His lineage of Zemblan Kings.
(d) His daughther is still alive.

4. Where did Kinbote and Shade meet?
(a) The faculty club at lunch time.
(b) The library .
(c) The English Department faculty lounge.
(d) Zembla.

5. Of the following, what do King Charles and John Shade have in common?
(a) Both had daughters who died at an early age.
(b) They are both Zemblan royalty.
(c) Both were loved by their followers.
(d) Both lost their father at an early age.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kinbote recounts a walk with John Shade. On this walk Kinbote unsuccessfully tries to pry from Shade information about which of the following topics?

2. Where does Gradus go to look for the king?

3. Charles Kinbote thinks the reference to "that crystal land" in line 12 refers to what place?

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

5. Who is the previous inhabitant of Charles Kinbote's house?

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