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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is King Charles' grandfather?
2. How do the extremists think King Charles will try to escape Zembla?
3. Where do the Shade's travel to take their minds off their daughter's death?
4. Which of the following has Shade renounced?
5. 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?"
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Kinbote's secret?
2. Briefly describe John Shade's vision of the after-life.
3. What do we learn about King Charles X in Canto Two?
4. Provide an example or two of the reflection motif found between the commentary to lines 131 and the commentary to lines 162.
5. What does John Shade ponder in the beginning of Canto Two?
6. How does John Shade describe himself as a youth in Canto One?
7. What are a few of John Shade's pet peeves?
8. How is Kinbote's birthday gift for Shade representative of Kinbote's commentary of the poem?
9. What are some early examples of reflection as a theme in the poem "Pale Fire?"
10. Briefly describe the IPH.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare Kinbote's actions to those of Gradus. How are these two characters similar?
Why do you think Kinbote describes Gradus the way he does in the commentary to Line 171?
Do you find this description ironic? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
On page 156, in the commentary to Line 172, John Shade bemoans the way most of his students read and interpret literature.
Relate Shade's thoughts in the final paragraph on page 156 to the way Kinbote interprets the poem "Pale Fire."
How does Kinbote respond to Shade's commentary?
What does this tell us about Kinbote?
Essay Topic 3
Throughout the novel, the game of chess reappears in various scenes, and is played by a variety of characters.
Cite specific examples Nabokov uses of the game of chess throughout the novel.
Why do you think Nabokov chooses to incorporate the game of chess into the novel the way he does?
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