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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Kinbote blame for taking John Shade away from religion?
(a) Sybil Shade.
(b) The Shades' daughter.
(c) The IPH.
(d) Dr. Sutton.

2. When a visiting professor requests a picture of King Charles, who goes to get it?
(a) Gerald Emerald.
(b) Charles Kinbote.
(c) Dr. Sutton.
(d) John Shade.

3. In this section (Lines 597-608), Charles Kinbote spies on a conversation between John Shade and whom?
(a) Gradus.
(b) Dr. Sutton.
(c) Mrs. Hurley.
(d) Sybil Shade.

4. Kinbote reflects on the absurdity of what?
(a) Gradus.
(b) Sybil Shade.
(c) Psychoanalysis.
(d) Gerald Emerald.

5. Who tells Kinbote the Shades' vacation destination?
(a) The gardener.
(b) John Shade.
(c) Kinbote's doctor.
(d) John Shade's secretary.

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

7. Kinbote is what religion?
(a) Marxist.
(b) Christian.
(c) Zemblan.
(d) Buddhist.

8. Who tells Gradus Disa's estate is empty?
(a) Odon.
(b) Charles Kinbote.
(c) A taxi driver.
(d) A Russian spy.

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

10. Kinbote rejects the idea that randomness extends into what?
(a) King Charles' assassination.
(b) Religion.
(c) The afterlife.
(d) Zemblan theology.

11. Kinbote describes Russian soldiers giving what to Zemblan children?
(a) Propaganda.
(b) Rifles.
(c) Candy.
(d) Red hats and coats.

12. Which of the following best describes the queen's initial feeling about King Charles when they meet after his escape?
(a) Disdainful.
(b) Adoringly devoted.
(c) Hopeful and respectful.
(d) Angry and frustrated.

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

14. Kinbote fills in a blank space in "Pale Fire" with what name?
(a) Zembla.
(b) John Shade.
(c) His own.
(d) King Charles.

15. Who is Kinbote's primary source of information on John Shade's daughter?
(a) Sybil Shade.
(b) Jane Provost.
(c) Dr. Sutton.
(d) John Shade.

Short Answer Questions

1. Oswin Bretwit kicks out Gradus when he realizes Gradus is not a Royalist. What does Bretwit assume is Gradus' profession?

2. On what date does John Shade compose lines 797-809?

3. Shade mentions his wife translating poems into what language?

4. Whose spirit supposedly haunts the barn?

5. Kinbote has an auditory hallucination of John Shade's voice telling him to do what?

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