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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Kinbote and Shade meet?
(a) The library .
(b) The faculty club at lunch time.
(c) The English Department faculty lounge.
(d) Zembla.

2. Which of the following is not mentioned by Shade in Canto One?
(a) The sky.
(b) A baseball game.
(c) The Zemblan countryside.
(d) Dr. Sutton.

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

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

5. How do the Shade's spend the evening of their daughter's blind date?
(a) Watching television.
(b) Studying birds.
(c) Reading.
(d) Writing poems.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the Shade's travel to take their minds off their daughter's death?

2. Who is King Alfin the Vague's son?

3. Which of the following most closely describes Kinbote's depiction by university drama students?

4. What animal did Shade's parents study?

5. Which pair best describe the prominent motifs of the first Canto?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe John Shade's writing process.

2. Give examples from the text of reasons that the Extremists are unable to find King Charles once he escapes.

3. Briefly describe the IPH.

4. What does John Shade ponder in the beginning of Canto Two?

5. What clues do you see that Charles Kinbote may not be what he seems?

6. How are Gradus and Kinbote similar?

7. List a few possible motivations for Shade's desire to learn more about the after-life.

8. Name some sports at which Kinbote is proficient.

9. What events lead to the death of John Shade's daughter?

10. Does it surprise you that John Shade renounces religion yet he wants to believe in the after-life?

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