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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does John Shade address in line 246 which ends "...my dear"
(a) His daughter.
(b) Charles Kinbote.
(c) His wife.
(d) His mother.

2. According to Kinbote, who gives Gradus a ride?
(a) John Shade.
(b) Gerald Emerald.
(c) Sybil Shade.
(d) Jim Coates.

3. What Kinbote thought was an amusement park outside is actually what?
(a) Gradus.
(b) A thunderstorm.
(c) Campers.
(d) Birds.

4. Shade mentions his wife translating poems into what language?
(a) Russian.
(b) English.
(c) French.
(d) Zemblan.

5. Where does Gradus go to look for the king?
(a) Quebec.
(b) Geneva.
(c) Russia.
(d) Cedarn.

6. Which of the following adjectives fits Kinbote's description of the Russians as they search the castle?
(a) Admiringly.
(b) Unrealisticly.
(c) Frightened.
(d) Obnoxiously.

7. Why did King Charles' marriage fail?
(a) His wife was captured.
(b) His wife could not bear children.
(c) He is a homosexual.
(d) His wife cheated on him.

8. What word does Shade claim is incorrect in its meaning?
(a) Pail.
(b) Waxwings.
(c) Obriols.
(d) Colored.

9. Charles Kinbote writes a brief play about what event?
(a) John Shade's birthday.
(b) The Shades' vacation.
(c) King Charles' escape.
(d) Hazel Shade's seance.

10. What is John Shade doing when Charles Kinbote hallucinates that he hears his voice?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Golfing.
(c) Making love to his wife.
(d) Writing Canto Three.

11. What is one major point Kinbote and Shade disagree on?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Religion.
(d) Birds.

12. Joseph S. Lavender is a collector of what?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Ombriols.
(c) Zemblan art.
(d) Books.

13. What does Gradus bring Oswin Bretwit?
(a) Letters between Bretwit's family members.
(b) A map of Zembla.
(c) A newspaper.
(d) A valuable coin collection.

14. At his hotel Gradus receives orders from headquarters telling him to do what?
(a) Go to Disa's estate.
(b) Take a taxi to Paris.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Go to New Wye.

15. According to Kinbote, where did the Queen go when Zembla was invaded?
(a) Quebec.
(b) Jail.
(c) Her estate on the Riviera.
(d) Cedarn.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Kinbote what is the only real name used in the poem, "Pale Fire?"

2. Which of the following best describes the queen's initial feeling about King Charles when they meet after his escape?

3. According to Kinbote in the commentary, the queen resembles______.

4. John Shade says, "There's nothing wrong with shedding a dismal past to substitute pleasing _________?"

5. Kinbote believes who will be punished by God?

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