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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. According to Kinbote, who gives Gradus a ride?
(a) Sybil Shade.
(b) John Shade.
(c) Jim Coates.
(d) Gerald Emerald.
2. Who tells Gradus Disa's estate is empty?
(a) A taxi driver.
(b) A Russian spy.
(c) Odon.
(d) Charles Kinbote.
3. Joseph S. Lavender is a collector of what?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Ombriols.
(c) Zemblan art.
(d) Books.
4. Why does Kinbote think Russians are gloomy?
(a) Too much vodka.
(b) The weather.
(c) Enforced nationalism.
(d) The death of King Charles.
5. Kinbote has an auditory hallucination of John Shade's voice telling him to do what?
(a) Write a poem.
(b) Kill him.
(c) Go to his house.
(d) Go for a walk.
Short Answer Questions
1. On what date does John Shade compose lines 797-809?
2. Shade mentions his wife translating poems into what language?
3. What does Charles Kinbote do when he finds out where the Shades' are planning to go on vacation?
4. What ailment troubles Gradus when he arrives in New Wye?
5. Where are the Shades' planning to go on vacation?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Kinbote embrace organized religion?
2. How does Kinbote respond when a professor tells him he looks like King Charles? Why might he react that way?
3. Give a brief account of the events involving Disa and King Charles after the revolution.
4. How does Gradus learn the location of the king?
5. What is significant about the way Shade relates his name to the word "ombre" a French word that connotes shadows and darkness?
6. Who does Disa mirror in Kinbote's life?
7. What is ironic about Kinbote criticizing Shade for using a title from another work for one of his own books?
8. Briefly summarize the conversation Kinbote overhears between Shade and Mrs. Hurley, and its relevance to "Pale Fire."
9. What does Kinbote do when he runs into Shade on the way to the doctor's office?
10. What does Kinbote think about John Shade's lack of religion?
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