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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did John Shade begin Canto Two?
(a) July 5th.
(b) On his wedding anniversary.
(c) July 4th.
(d) On the anniversary of his daughter's death.

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

3. How does John Shade understand his life?
(a) Through religion.
(b) Through his poetry.
(c) Through the love of his daughter.
(d) Through his wife's love.

4. What does Kinbote do during John Shade's birthday party?
(a) He plays chess.
(b) He drinks alone.
(c) He spies on the party.
(d) He writes and listens to music.

5. How does John Shade's daughter die?
(a) She freezes to death in a field.
(b) She poisons herself.
(c) She drowns.
(d) She steps in front of a train.

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

7. In Canto Two we find that Shade's daughter had been vacationing in what faraway place?
(a) Quebec.
(b) Zembla.
(c) New Wye.
(d) France.

8. "Pale Fire" is broken up into how many cantos?
(a) 334.
(b) 4.
(c) 166.
(d) 80.

9. Who does King Charles finally marry?
(a) Otar.
(b) Fleur.
(c) Disa, Duchess of Payn.
(d) The Countess.

10. How does King Charles get out of the room where he is being held prisoner without being detected?
(a) He escapes through a secret passageway.
(b) He disguses himself as a guard and walks out the front door.
(c) He makes a rope ladder and climbs out the window.
(d) He seduces a guard who sets him free.

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

12. How many lines are in Canto Four?
(a) 334 lines.
(b) 999 lines.
(c) 166 lines.
(d) 165 lines.

13. Canto Four contains a metaphor comparing this activity to John Shade's writing process?
(a) Showering.
(b) Shaving.
(c) Bathing.
(d) Gardening.

14. Where do the Shade's travel to take their minds off their daughter's death?
(a) Zembla.
(b) New Wye.
(c) France.
(d) Italy.

15. During what time of the year does John Shade prefer to write?
(a) Summer.
(b) Winter.
(c) Spring.
(d) Upon the conclusion of the Zemblan harvest.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the commentary to Line 181, Shade produces a book by what author and shows it to Sybil Shade?

2. Who does Kinbote blame for not receiving an invitation to John Shade's birthday party?

3. During what time of day does John Shade prefer to write?

4. John Shade is skeptical but he wants to believe in what?

5. What did Charles Kinbote do with the cat?

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