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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What are the two most important things in Shade's life?
(a) His Zemblan heritage and his wife.
(b) His wife and Charles Kinbote.
(c) His poetry and his wife.
(d) His job as a professor and his wife.
2. When did John Shade meet his wife?
(a) After his parents' funeral.
(b) Their senior year of high school.
(c) 40 years ago.
(d) During the depression.
3. Which Pope is mentioned in the commentary to Line 85?
(a) Pius X.
(b) Benedict IX.
(c) Alexander I.
(d) Stephen II.
4. How did King Alfin the Vague die?
(a) He committed suicide.
(b) He was assassinated.
(c) In a plane crash.
(d) He had a stroke.
5. After King Charles is out of the mountains, he receives a message to go to which of the following locations?
(a) The Rippleton Caves.
(b) The Bera Range.
(c) Cedarn.
(d) New Wye.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the name of the secret group that sends an assassin after King Charles?
2. Who makes sexual advances on King Charles during the commentary to line 149?
3. Which of the following best describes John Shade's daughter?
4. A fellow-professor calls Charles Kinbote by what nickname?
5. Charles Kinbote criticizes an article written by Professor Hurley for what reason?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe John Shade's daughter.
2. Give some examples of translation as a theme in Canto One.
3. How does John Shade understand life?
4. What are some early examples of reflection as a theme in the poem "Pale Fire?"
5. What clues do you see that Charles Kinbote may not be what he seems?
6. List a few possible motivations for Shade's desire to learn more about the after-life.
7. What does John Shade ponder in the beginning of Canto Two?
8. How does John Shade describe himself as a youth in Canto One?
9. What do we learn about John Shade's Aunt Maud in Canto One?
10. How does Charles Kinbote portray himself in the foreword?
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