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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pale Fire, Canto Three.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does John Shade's daughter die?
(a) She steps in front of a train.
(b) She poisons herself.
(c) She drowns.
(d) She freezes to death in a field.

2. Which of the following best describes John Shade's daughter?
(a) Introverted, but fascinating.
(b) Unattractive and intellegent.
(c) Humble and worried.
(d) Attractive, but tormented.

3. Where do the Shade's travel to take their minds off their daughter's death?
(a) Zembla.
(b) Italy.
(c) New Wye.
(d) France.

4. Charles Kinbote "mercifully " attributes this name to one professor, perhaps due to his green jacket.
(a) Jim Coates.
(b) Green Velvet.
(c) Gerald Emerald.
(d) Dr. Nattochdag.

5. What event causes John Shade to have a vision of the afterlife?
(a) He gets lost in the Zemblan Mountains without food or water.
(b) He suffers a stroke.
(c) He has a heart attack.
(d) He is hit by a car.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does not happen to the I.P.H.?

2. Which pair best describe the prominent motifs of the first Canto?

3. John Shade vows to further explore what in Canto Two?

4. The phrase "pale fire" is used in the foreword to describe what?

5. When did John Shade meet his wife?

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