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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Commentary, Line 929: Freud though Line 949: and all the time.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Kinbote thought was an amusement park outside is actually what?
(a) Birds.
(b) A thunderstorm.
(c) Campers.
(d) Gradus.

2. On what day did John Shade begin composing his poem "Pale Fire?"
(a) We are not told explicitly, only that it is during the summer.
(b) July 4th.
(c) July 1st.
(d) July 5th.

3. During what time of day does John Shade prefer to write?
(a) Bath time.
(b) After dinner.
(c) Morning.
(d) Late afternoon.

4. On what date does John Shade compose lines 797-809?
(a) July 1st.
(b) July 19th.
(c) July 9th.
(d) July 4th.

5. Charles Kinbote writes a brief play about what event?
(a) John Shade's birthday.
(b) King Charles' escape.
(c) The Shades' vacation.
(d) Hazel Shade's seance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the secret group that sends an assassin after King Charles?

2. Who raises John Shade during his childhood?

3. King Alfin the Vague was an amateur______ .

4. In this section (Lines 597-608), Charles Kinbote spies on a conversation between John Shade and whom?

5. Where did Kinbote and Shade meet?

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