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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Kinbote, what does "Ex" stand for?
(a) Ex-lover.
(b) Exton.
(c) Extraterrestrial.
(d) Formers.

3. According to Kinbote, what is the third method of composing poetry?
(a) Subconsciously.
(b) Rhetorically.
(c) By memory.
(d) Through prayer.

4. Kinbote believes who will be punished by God?
(a) Sinners.
(b) Homosexuals.
(c) No one.
(d) Women.

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

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

7. Gradus visits Oswin Bretwit in order to find information on King Charles' location. What is Oswin Bretwit's profession?
(a) A member of the Shadows.
(b) A spy.
(c) A reporter.
(d) A Zemblan diplomat.

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

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

10. How many times did Kinbote find Zembla directly mentioned?
(a) None.
(b) Twice.
(c) One.
(d) Constantly.

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

12. In this section, Kinbote gives an extended, negative critique of what?
(a) Sybil Shade's translations.
(b) The New Wye faculty.
(c) John Shade's religious views.
(d) John Shade's word choice.

13. According to Kinbote Russians search for what Zemblan treasure?
(a) The crown of King Alfin the Vague.
(b) The journal of King Charles.
(c) A first printing of Timon of Athens.
(d) The Crown Jewels.

14. Kinbote has an auditory hallucination of John Shade's voice telling him to do what?
(a) Go for a walk.
(b) Write a poem.
(c) Kill him.
(d) Go to his house.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Gradus Disa's estate is empty?

2. In what state does Kinbote arrive as Shade begins his last batch of index cards?

3. Who circulated a letter objecting to Charles Kinbote editing "Pale Fire?"

4. King Charles was only able to love the queen______.

5. According to Kinbote what is the only real name used in the poem, "Pale Fire?"

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