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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. "Pale Fire" is broken up into how many cantos?
(a) 80.
(b) 4.
(c) 166.
(d) 334.

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

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

4. What is the first metaphor Shade uses to describe himself?
(a) A pheasant's feet.
(b) A great bear.
(c) A bird flying into a window.
(d) A snowflake falling to the ground.

5. Which best describes Kinbote's reason for rejecting the offer by the first potential publisher of "Pale Fire"?
(a) Kinbote would not have full editorial control.
(b) He made Kinbote responsible for any errors in the commentary.
(c) He would not let Kinbote translate the poem into Zemblan.
(d) Sybil Shade would not recieve her full share of the profits.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following best describes John Shade's daughter?

2. When did John Shade meet his wife?

3. How do the Shade's spend the evening of their daughter's blind date?

4. John Shade's aunt is best described as what?

5. The first draft of "Pale Fire" was composed on a series of index cards. How many index cards did the author use?

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