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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Commentary, Line 109: iridule through Line 130: I never bounced a ball or swung a bat.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of the following, what do John Shade and the assassin have in common?
(a) They both had aunts who were put in an asylum.
(b) They both were orphaned.
(c) They were both born in Russia.
(d) They were both Zemblan kings.

2. How many lines are in Canto Four?
(a) 999 lines.
(b) 165 lines.
(c) 166 lines.
(d) 334 lines.

3. In lines 936 and 937 of "Pale Fire" the phrase "I plow Old Zembla's fields" is used by John Shade as part of a metaphor for what literal activity?
(a) Revisiting his Zemblan ancestry .
(b) Shaving.
(c) The changing seasons.
(d) His relationship with his wife.

4. What is the assassin's real name?
(a) Jakob Gradus.
(b) Jack Degree.
(c) Jacques de Gray.
(d) Jake Ravus.

5. John Shade's aunt is best described as what?
(a) Eccentric.
(b) Agnostic.
(c) Religious.
(d) Wicked.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Shade find out when he tracks down the woman who had the same vision of the after-life that he did?

2. What typically goes on at the I.P.H.?

3. What is the name of John Shade's aunt?

4. Who does King Charles finally marry?

5. Where was the foreword written?

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