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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. What happened to Shade's parents when he was a boy?
(a) They put him up for adoption.
(b) They were imprisoned.
(c) They divorced/seperated.
(d) They died.
2. Which of the following best describes John Shade's idea of life on earth?
(a) Dark and painful.
(b) Meaningless and random.
(c) Sad and cold.
(d) Colorful and bright.
3. Which of the following best describes a recurring theme in the first Canto?
(a) Abandonment.
(b) Reflection.
(c) Change.
(d) Color.
4. What happens to John Shade's aunt?
(a) She has a stroke and is moved to a sanitarium.
(b) She falls down the stairs and breaks her hip.
(c) She has a heart attack and dies.
(d) She drowns in a lake.
5. How does John Shade refer to the I.P.H.?
(a) If.
(b) The "H".
(c) The International Poetry House.
(d) The Institute.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Canto Two we find that Shade's daughter had been vacationing in what faraway place?
2. The phrase "pale fire" is used in the foreword to describe what?
3. "Forty ounces of fine sand" describes what in Canto One?
4. During the forward Charles Kinbote oddly notes that he is distracted by who/what?
5. Which of the following does not happen to the I.P.H.?
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