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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. What word does Shade claim is incorrect in its meaning?
(a) Pail.
(b) Waxwings.
(c) Obriols.
(d) Colored.

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

3. According to Kinbote, what is Gradus doing while John Shade is composing Canto Four?
(a) Traveling to America.
(b) Waiting for orders from the Shadows.
(c) Shaving.
(d) Spying.

4. Kinbote fills in a blank space in "Pale Fire" with what name?
(a) King Charles.
(b) His own.
(c) Zembla.
(d) John Shade.

5. What is the name of Joseph S. Lavender's nephew?
(a) Dean.
(b) Gordon.
(c) Lex.
(d) Charles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Kinbote thought was an amusement park outside is actually what?

2. How many times did Kinbote find Zembla directly mentioned?

3. Why did King Charles' marriage fail?

4. What message did Gradus incorrectly give headquarters?

5. According to Kinbote, what is the best part of Canto Four?

Short Essay Questions

1. When does Kinbote finally merge with King Charles as written in the Commentary?

2. Give a brief account of the events involving Disa and King Charles after the revolution.

3. What does Kinbote think about John Shade's lack of religion?

4. How does Kinbote summarize Canto Four?

5. What do you think of Kinbote's disregard for psychoanalysis?

6. What is odd about the way Kinbote tells the story of Gradus?

7. Briefly summarize the conversation Kinbote overhears between Shade and Mrs. Hurley, and its relevance to "Pale Fire."

8. Briefly recount Gradus' experience on the day he killed Shade, as told by Kinbote.

9. How does Kinbote respond when a professor tells him he looks like King Charles? Why might he react that way?

10. How does Kinbote describe the Russian guards who are after the Zemblan Crown Jewels?

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