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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Two.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In Chapter 2, whom does Mrs. Clements invite Pnin to meet which he declines?
(a) Professor Entwistle.
(b) Professor Bliss.
(c) Professor Thayer.
(d) Professor Wind.
2. After showing his students a film, what does Pnin's student, Betty Bliss, remark that he looks like from the film?
(a) Buddha.
(b) Moses.
(c) George Washington.
(d) Hitler.
3. What abstract field does Pnin have no interest of getting into teaching?
(a) History.
(b) Phonetics.
(c) Linguistics.
(d) Mathematics.
4. Whom does Pnin want to rent a room from in Chapter 2?
(a) Laurence and Jane Clements.
(b) Laurence and Janis Clements .
(c) Laurence and Judith Clements.
(d) Laurence and Joan Clements.
5. What city did Pnin end up in 1919?
(a) London.
(b) Constantinople.
(c) Paris.
(d) Athens.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Laurence Clements, a fellow professor of Pnin's, most popular course at college?
2. Why was Pnin made to sit in his bed for weeks with nothing to do when he was a child?
3. Why did Liza pretend that she wanted to be back with Pnin even though she was carrying Dr. Wind's child?
4. How does Pnin's class size compare to other classes in the college?
5. Where was Pnin born?
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