Pale Fire Study Guide

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
• Sybil Shade
• Jacques D'Argus
• 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