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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Commentary, Lines 1-4: I was the shadow of the waxwing slain, etc. through Line 70: the new TV.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. John Shade reads an article written by this person about a woman who had a similar vision?
(a) The President of the IPH.
(b) Charles Kinbote.
(c) Jim Coats.
(d) Gerald Emerald.
2. Of the following, who is not mentioned in the first Canto?
(a) Dr. Sutton.
(b) A Candian maid.
(c) The King of Zembla.
(d) Shade's aunt.
3. Which of the following is not among John Shade's pet peeves?
(a) Super market music.
(b) Editors.
(c) Abstract art.
(d) Jazz.
4. What are the two most important things in Shade's life?
(a) His job as a professor and his wife.
(b) His Zemblan heritage and his wife.
(c) His poetry and his wife.
(d) His wife and Charles Kinbote.
5. How many lines are in Canto Four?
(a) 166 lines.
(b) 999 lines.
(c) 334 lines.
(d) 165 lines.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the assassin's real name?
2. John Shade is skeptical but he wants to believe in what?
3. What is the name of John Shade's aunt?
4. John Shade gives a lecture on what in Canto Three?
5. What are the two ways to write according to Shade in Canto Three?
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