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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 are the Shades' planning to go on vacation?
(a) Cedarn.
(b) Paris.
(c) Russia.
(d) Quebec.

2. Who is Kinbote's primary source of information on John Shade's daughter?
(a) Dr. Sutton.
(b) Jane Provost.
(c) John Shade.
(d) Sybil Shade.

3. According to Kinbote, King Charles lands near which city?
(a) Albany.
(b) Cedarn.
(c) Paris.
(d) Baltimore.

4. What message did Gradus incorrectly give headquarters?
(a) He knows the king's location.
(b) He does not know the king's location.
(c) He has received the salmon.
(d) He is on the way to America.

5. What Kinbote thought was an amusement park outside is actually what?
(a) Birds.
(b) Campers.
(c) Gradus.
(d) A thunderstorm.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kinbote believes who will be punished by God?

2. Whose spirit supposedly haunts the barn?

3. Kinbote rejects the idea that randomness extends into what?

4. Who does Kinbote blame for taking John Shade away from religion?

5. What word does Shade claim is incorrect in its meaning?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kinbote summarize Canto Four?

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why does Kinbote insist on meeting Shade on July 19th?

8. What is significant about the way Shade relates his name to the word "ombre" a French word that connotes shadows and darkness?

9. How does Gradus learn the location of the king?

10. Why does Kinbote embrace organized religion?

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