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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How old was Shade when he wrote Canto Two?
2. Which of the following has Shade renounced?
3. How does John Shade's daughter die?
4. How do the extremists try to prevent King Charles from leaving the country?
5. What is the first metaphor Shade uses to describe himself?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Kinbote characterize his relationship with John Shade?
2. Briefly describe Fleur.
3. What is significant about the bird in Canto One?
4. How are Gradus and Kinbote similar?
5. How is Kinbote's birthday gift for Shade representative of Kinbote's commentary of the poem?
6. How is Kinbote critical of Professor Hurley?
7. What does John Shade ponder in the beginning of Canto Two?
8. What clues do you see that Charles Kinbote may not be what he seems?
9. What do we learn about King Charles X in Canto Two?
10. What events lead to the death of John Shade's daughter?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Make a list of names Charles Kinbote attributes to people and places in Zembla.
What do you notice about these names?
What do these names tell us about Kinbote, and potentially about Zembla?
Why do you think Nabokov chose to name these places the way he did?
Essay Topic 2
Compare the way Charles Kinbote portrays himself vs. the way he is viewed by others. Based on his actions, how would you describe the "real" Charles Kinbote? Based on your description of Kinbote, and the difference in the way he is perceived by others compared to his view of himself, write an essay commenting on Nabokov's choice to have a person like this narrate the story instead of writing the novel with a third-person omniscient narrator describing Kinbote, his treatment of "Pale Fire" and his relationships with the other characters in the novel.
Essay Topic 3
Write an argument supporting the claim that Charles Kinbote is in fact the assassin. Use examples from the text.
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