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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Charles Kinbote do when he finds out where the Shades' are planning to go on vacation?
(a) He sits in his house alone and drinks.
(b) He tries to convince them to stay in New Wye.
(c) He asks to go with them.
(d) He rents a house in the same town.

2. Kinbote claims the Russians are good at what sport?
(a) Soccer.
(b) Ice hockey.
(c) Tennis.
(d) Wrestling.

3. King Charles was only able to love the queen______.
(a) While in captivity.
(b) After the invasion.
(c) In his dreams.
(d) Before they were married.

4. What is John Shade doing when Charles Kinbote hallucinates that he hears his voice?
(a) Golfing.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Writing Canto Three.
(d) Making love to his wife.

5. Where does Kinbote find the term "Tangra dust?"
(a) Written on a napkin.
(b) In his copy of Timon of Athens.
(c) In an early draft of the poem.
(d) In the dictionary.

6. Which of the following best describes Gradus' feelings towards his role in the revolution?
(a) He enjoys it.
(b) He thinks he is saving the world.
(c) He is reluctant to kill.
(d) He feels trapped.

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

8. Which of the following best describes King Charles' marriage?
(a) Passive-aggressive.
(b) Civil.
(c) Tumultuous.
(d) Serene.

9. According to Kinbote, who gives Gradus a ride?
(a) Jim Coates.
(b) Sybil Shade.
(c) Gerald Emerald.
(d) John Shade.

10. Where are the Shades' planning to go on vacation?
(a) Quebec.
(b) Paris.
(c) Cedarn.
(d) Russia.

11. Why does Kinbote think Russians are gloomy?
(a) Too much vodka.
(b) The weather.
(c) The death of King Charles.
(d) Enforced nationalism.

12. Shade mentions his wife translating poems into what language?
(a) Zemblan.
(b) English.
(c) French.
(d) Russian.

13. John Shade says, "There's nothing wrong with shedding a dismal past to substitute pleasing _________?"
(a) Women.
(b) Poetry.
(c) History.
(d) Imagination.

14. Kinbote criticizes the passage in which Shade alternates between the story of his daughter's death, and what he and his wife are doing at the time. What is his major criticism of this passage?
(a) It doesn't rhyme.
(b) It is too drawn out.
(c) It is unrealistic.
(d) It is not sincere enough.

15. What message did Gradus incorrectly give headquarters?
(a) He has received the salmon.
(b) He knows the king's location.
(c) He is on the way to America.
(d) He does not know the king's location.

Short Answer Questions

1. Oswin Bretwit kicks out Gradus when he realizes Gradus is not a Royalist. What does Bretwit assume is Gradus' profession?

2. Gradus visits Oswin Bretwit in order to find information on King Charles' location. What is Oswin Bretwit's profession?

3. Whose letter reveals the king's location to Gradus?

4. Shade refers to a book by which of the following authors in Line 384?

5. Charles Kinbote writes a brief play about what event?

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