Pale Fire Quiz

Vladimir Nabokov

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Pale Fire, Canto One

Pale Fire, Canto Two

Pale Fire, Canto Three

Pale Fire, Canto Four

Commentary, Lines 1-4: I was the shadow of the waxwing slain, etc. through Line 70: the new TV

Commentary, Line 71: parents through Line 101: No free man needs a God

Commentary, Line 109: iridule through Line 130: I never bounced a ball or swung a bat

Commentary, Lines 131-132: I was the shadow of the waxwing slain by feigned remoteness in the windowpane. through Line 162: With his pure tongue, etc.

Commentary, Line 167: There was a time, etc. through Line 171: A great conspiracy

Commentary, Line 171: books and people through Line 230: a domestic ghost

Commentary, Line 231: How ludicrous, etc. through Line 286, A jet's pink trail above the sunset fire

Commentary, Line 287: humming as you pack through Line 347, old barn

Commentary, Lines 347-348: She twisted words though Line 408, a male hand

Commentary, Line 413: a nymph came pirouetting through Lines 433-434: To the . . . sea Which we had visited in thirty-three

Commentary, Line 469: his gun through Line 493: She took her poor young life

Commentary, Line 501: L'if through Line 596: Points at the puddle in his basement room

Commentary, Lines 597-608: the thoughts we should roll-call, etc. through Line 680: Lolita

Commentary, Line 681: gloomy Russians spied through Line 691: the attack

Commentary, Line 697: Conclusive destination through Line 830: Sybil, it is

Commentary, Line 835-838: Now I shall spy, etc. though Line 922: held up by Our Cream

Commentary, Line 929: Freud though Line 949: and all the time

Commentary, Line 957: Night Rote though Line 1000: [=Line 1: I was the shadow of the waxwing slain]

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Pale Fire Quiz

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What did Charles Kinbote do with the cat? (from Commentary, Lines 1-4: I was the shadow of the waxwing slain, etc. through Line 70: the new TV)

Who does Kinbote blame for not receiving an invitation to John Shade's birthday party? (from Commentary, Line 171: books and people through Line 230: a domestic ghost)

According to Kinbote, King Charles lands near which city? (from Commentary, Line 681: gloomy Russians spied through Line 691: the attack)

Kinbote claims some people on campus said he resembles which of the following people? (from Commentary, Line 835-838: Now I shall spy, etc. though Line 922: held up by Our Cream)

In what state does Kinbote arrive as Shade begins his last batch of index cards? (from Commentary, Line 929: Freud though Line 949: and all the time)