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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the name of Joseph S. Lavender's nephew?
(a) Dean.
(b) Lex.
(c) Gordon.
(d) Charles.
2. Kinbote claims some people on campus said he resembles which of the following people?
(a) Gradus.
(b) John Shade.
(c) King Charles.
(d) Dr. Sutton.
3. What does Gradus bring Oswin Bretwit?
(a) A map of Zembla.
(b) A valuable coin collection.
(c) A newspaper.
(d) Letters between Bretwit's family members.
4. Who tells Gradus Disa's estate is empty?
(a) Charles Kinbote.
(b) A taxi driver.
(c) Odon.
(d) A Russian spy.
5. Where does Kinbote find the term "Tangra dust?"
(a) In his copy of Timon of Athens.
(b) In the dictionary.
(c) Written on a napkin.
(d) In an early draft of the poem.
6. Kinbote claims the Russians are good at what sport?
(a) Ice hockey.
(b) Wrestling.
(c) Soccer.
(d) Tennis.
7. Kinbote believes who will be punished by God?
(a) Homosexuals.
(b) Sinners.
(c) No one.
(d) Women.
8. According to Kinbote in the commentary, the queen resembles______.
(a) Sybil Shade.
(b) Iris Acht, the famous actress.
(c) Shade's secretary.
(d) A young boy.
9. Oswin Bretwit kicks out Gradus when he realizes Gradus is not a Royalist. What does Bretwit assume is Gradus' profession?
(a) A spy.
(b) A reporter.
(c) An assassin.
(d) A Marxist recruiter.
10. When Gradus attempts to visit Joseph S. Lavender, Lavender asks Gradus if he is a/an ______?
(a) Reporter.
(b) Assassin.
(c) Spy.
(d) Art dealer.
11. What does Charles Kinbote do when he finds out where the Shades' are planning to go on vacation?
(a) He asks to go with them.
(b) He tries to convince them to stay in New Wye.
(c) He sits in his house alone and drinks.
(d) He rents a house in the same town.
12. Gradus misinterprets a coded message from headquarters. What does he think his orders are?
(a) To wait in Geneva for further instructions.
(b) To wait in Geneva for a shipment of salmon.
(c) To dress in a red coat and hat.
(d) To follow the king to America.
13. Kinbote recounts a walk with John Shade. On this walk Kinbote unsuccessfully tries to pry from Shade information about which of the following topics?
(a) Shade's daughter.
(b) Shade's poem.
(c) Zembla.
(d) Plants and animals.
14. Which of the following does Kinbote discuss in this section?
(a) Birds.
(b) Dr. Sutton.
(c) Suicide.
(d) Russia.
15. What is John Shade doing when Charles Kinbote hallucinates that he hears his voice?
(a) Golfing.
(b) Making love to his wife.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Writing Canto Three.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is Kinbote's primary source of information on John Shade's daughter?
2. What Kinbote thought was an amusement park outside is actually what?
3. Kinbote fills in a blank space in "Pale Fire" with what name?
4. Which of the following adjectives fits Kinbote's description of the Russians as they search the castle?
5. King Charles was only able to love the queen______.
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