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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. Charles Kinbote "mercifully " attributes this name to one professor, perhaps due to his green jacket.
(a) Gerald Emerald.
(b) Dr. Nattochdag.
(c) Jim Coates.
(d) Green Velvet.

2. John Shade is skeptical but he wants to believe in what?
(a) His daughther is still alive.
(b) Religion.
(c) His lineage of Zemblan Kings.
(d) The after-life.

3. Who gives Kinbote information about John Shade's daughter?
(a) Sybil Shade.
(b) An old newspaper article.
(c) Shade's former secretary.
(d) John Shade.

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

5. Which of the following most closely describes Kinbote's depiction by university drama students?
(a) A pompus woman-hater with a German accent.
(b) A raving lunatic with no perception of reality.
(c) A displaced Zemblan king on the run from assassins.
(d) A brilliant writer and professor who is loyal to his friend John Shade.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Canto Two we find that Shade's daughter had been vacationing in what faraway place?

2. Which of the following has Shade renounced?

3. While he makes his way through the mountains, King Charles stops to spend the night in which of the following places?

4. John Shade vows to further explore what in Canto Two?

5. After King Charles is out of the mountains, he receives a message to go to which of the following locations?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kinbote characterize his relationship with John Shade?

2. What are a few of John Shade's pet peeves?

3. Briefly describe the IPH.

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

5. Give a brief synopsis of King Charles' escape.

6. Briefly describe John and Sybil Shade's relationship.

7. Briefly describe John Shade's vision of the after-life.

8. Briefly describe Fleur.

9. What is significant about the bird in Canto One?

10. How does John Shade understand life?

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