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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. Who helps King Charles escape?
(a) Charles Kinbote.
(b) Odon.
(c) Oleg.
(d) John Shade.

2. When did John Shade meet his wife?
(a) After his parents' funeral.
(b) 40 years ago.
(c) During the depression.
(d) Their senior year of high school.

3. Which pair best describe the prominent motifs of the first Canto?
(a) Nature and death.
(b) Windows and snow.
(c) Nature and technology.
(d) Innocence and loss.

4. Charles Kinbote gave John Shade a detailed drawing of King Charles' castle; what does he want John Shade's wife to do with the picture?
(a) Destroy it.
(b) Send it to him.
(c) Send it to the publisher.
(d) Frame it.

5. What is the assassin's real name?
(a) Jakob Gradus.
(b) Jack Degree.
(c) Jake Ravus.
(d) Jacques de Gray.

Short Answer Questions

1. Charles Kinbote wants the reader to see the image of who/what after reading the lines 131-132, "I was the waxing slain by feigned remoteness in the windowpane?"

2. Of the following, which has been added to Shade's childhood home?

3. Who does King Charles finally marry?

4. How do the people of Zembla aid in King Charles' flight?

5. Charles Kinbote criticizes an article written by Professor Hurley for what reason?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe John Shade's writing process.

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

3. Briefly describe Fleur.

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

5. How is Kinbote's birthday gift for Shade representative of Kinbote's commentary of the poem?

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

7. How is Kinbote critical of Professor Hurley?

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

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

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

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