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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

Why does Kinbote claim he can not find the phrase "pale fire" in his copy of Timon of Athens? (from Commentary, Line 957: Night Rote though Line 1000: [=Line 1: I was the shadow of the waxwing slain])

He has a second edition.

The phrase was not taken from that play.

There are missing pages in his copy.

It was lost in the translation from Zemblan to English.

2.

How do the extremists think King Charles will try to escape Zembla? (from Commentary, Line 167: There was a time, etc. through Line 171: A great conspiracy)

By car.

On foot.

By plane.

By boat.

3.

Charles Kinbote criticizes an article written by Professor Hurley for what reason? (from Commentary, Line 71: parents through Line 101: No free man needs a God)

The article does not mention "Pale Fire."

It does not mention Zembla.

The article doesn't mention Kinbote and Shade's friendship.

The article is critical of John Shade.

4.

What was Kinbote's introduction to Shade's poetry? (from Commentary, Line 957: Night Rote though Line 1000: [=Line 1: I was the shadow of the waxwing slain])

A poem from Nite Rote.

He read his first book of poems.

He heard a reading in New Wye.

The index cards on which "Pale Fire" was written.

5.

Of the following, what do John Shade and the assassin have in common? (from Commentary, Lines 1-4: I was the shadow of the waxwing slain, etc. through Line 70: the new TV)

They both were orphaned.

They were both Zemblan kings.

They both had aunts who were put in an asylum.

They were both born in Russia.

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