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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. John Shade vows to further explore what in Canto Two?
(a) Reincarnation vs. heaven and hell.
(b) The Zemblan Kings and their Gods.
(c) The possibility of an afterlife.
(d) The depths of human consciousness.
2. What happens to John Shade's aunt?
(a) She has a stroke and is moved to a sanitarium.
(b) She drowns in a lake.
(c) She has a heart attack and dies.
(d) She falls down the stairs and breaks her hip.
3. Which of the following best describes John Shade's idea of life on earth?
(a) Colorful and bright.
(b) Sad and cold.
(c) Dark and painful.
(d) Meaningless and random.
4. Charles Kinbote "mercifully " attributes this name to one professor, perhaps due to his green jacket.
(a) Green Velvet.
(b) Gerald Emerald.
(c) Dr. Nattochdag.
(d) Jim Coates.
5. During the forward Charles Kinbote oddly notes that he is distracted by who/what?
(a) A squirrel.
(b) An amusement park.
(c) Shadeans.
(d) Sybill Shade.
Short Answer Questions
1. John Shade comes to the realization that he can not find what at the I.P.H.?
2. Of the following, who is not mentioned in the first Canto?
3. John Shade is skeptical but he wants to believe in what?
4. Which of the following does not happen to the I.P.H.?
5. How does John Shade refer to the I.P.H.?
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