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Pale Fire Quiz 1

  • 1. Where is Charles Kinbote when he writes his commentary to "Pale Fire"?
    •     Zembla
    •     New Wye
    •     Harvard
    •     Cedarn

  • 2. What is the "crystal land"?
    •     Zembla
    •     New Wye
    •     Russia
    •     Appalachia

  • 3. When does Charles the Beloved's rule as king end?
    •     1936
    •     1939
    •     1945
    •     1958

  • 4. What is Charles Kinbote's other identity?
    •     Gradus
    •     Charles X
    •     Pius X
    •     John Shade

  • 5. When is John Shade's birthday?
    •     December 24
    •     August 7
    •     July 4
    •     July 5

  • 6. Which of the following characters lives in exile?
    •     Gradus
    •     Jacques D'Argus
    •     Sybil Shade
    •     Charles Kinbote

  • 7. Who allegedly stars in "The Case of the Reversed Footprints"?
    •     Alfred Hitchcock
    •     Hercule Poirot
    •     Sherlock Holmes
    •     John Shade

  • 8. Who attempts to commit "a frozen stillicide?"
    •     Gradus
    •     Sybil Shade
    •     Charles X
    •     Aunt Maud

  • 9. Who wrote "Friends Beyond"?
    •     Christina Rossetti
    •     Thomas Hardy
    •     Charles Kinbote
    •     John Shade

  • 10. From what text is the title of John Shade's poem, "Pale Fire," derived?
    •     Timon of Athens
    •     Man and Superman
    •     Damnum Infectum
    •     Two Gentlemen of Verona

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