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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. What message did Gradus incorrectly give headquarters?
2. According to Kinbote Russians search for what Zemblan treasure?
3. When a visiting professor requests a picture of King Charles, who goes to get it?
4. What is the name of Joseph S. Lavender's nephew?
5. Whose spirit supposedly haunts the barn?
Short Essay Questions
1. When does Kinbote finally merge with King Charles as written in the Commentary?
2. Comment on a few similarities between Charles Kinbote and King Charles.
3. Briefly recount Gradus' experience on the day he killed Shade, as told by Kinbote.
4. How does Kinbote summarize Canto Four?
5. How does Kinbote respond when a professor tells him he looks like King Charles? Why might he react that way?
6. What does Kinbote relate to the death of Hazel?
7. Why does Kinbote insist on meeting Shade on July 19th?
8. What does Kinbote write about in the commentary as the poem addresses Hazel's death?
9. How does Kinbote portray Hazel, and the scene in the barn?
10. What does Kinbote think about John Shade's lack of religion?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Using specific examples from the novel, compile the verses of poetry that were omitted from the poem "Pale Fire."
Why do you think Nabokov chooses to include these verses in the novel, but not the poem?
Essay Topic 2
Charles Kinbote is clearly infatuated with John Shade. What do you think Shade's feeling are towards Kinbote in general?
If you were John Shade, how would you react to Kinbote's commentary on "Pale Fire"?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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