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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Four.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Pnin make his first stop in Chapter 1 while traveling?
(a) Whitchurch.
(b) Walbrook.
(c) Williamsburg.
(d) Westwood.

2. What does the librarian tell Pnin in Chapter 3 that he refuses to take any responsibility for?
(a) Pnin is adamant that he did not cause water damage to the book.
(b) Pnin discovers that he is the one who requested the book.
(c) Pnin refuses to pay his late fee.
(d) Pnin is adamant that he did not rip one of the pages in the book.

3. Whom does Pnin want to rent a room from in Chapter 2?
(a) Laurence and Janis Clements .
(b) Laurence and Jane Clements.
(c) Laurence and Judith Clements.
(d) Laurence and Joan Clements.

4. Where does Pnin take Victor after picking him up from the train station?
(a) To the college.
(b) To a movie.
(c) To his home.
(d) To dinner.

5. Why doesn't Laurence want Pnin to stay in his house?
(a) He thinks Pnin is mean.
(b) He hates Pnin.
(c) He thinks Pnin is strange.
(d) He thinks Pnin is dirty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it about Victor that troubles his parents?

2. What does Victor, the son of Liza Wind, fantasize about to escape the boredom of his everyday life at school?

3. What happens to Pnin, while he is discussing the poem in Chapter 3, which causes the class to laugh?

4. How is Victor's art teacher described in Chapter 4?

5. Where is Pnin's office located at the college?

(see the answer key)

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