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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter 1, to what town is Pnin headed?
(a) Concord.
(b) Cambridge.
(c) Canton.
(d) Cremona.

2. Why did Liza decide to send Victor to a particular school in Chapter 4?
(a) She thought it was a nice compromise between modern psychology and the atmosphere of the Greek Catholic Church.
(b) She thought it was a nice compromise of art and science and had an easy going atmosphere.
(c) She thought it was a nice compromise of science and the atmosphere of the Roman Catholic Church.
(d) She thought it was a nice compromise of history and the atmosphere of the Lutheran Church.

3. After showing his students a film, what does Pnin's student, Betty Bliss, remark that he looks like from the film?
(a) George Washington.
(b) Buddha.
(c) Hitler.
(d) Moses.

4. What does Pnin usually find wrong in the places that he lives?
(a) Too much noise.
(b) Not close enough to the college.
(c) Too small.
(d) Too expensive.

5. What does Pnin miss while getting something to eat in Chapter 1?
(a) His taxi.
(b) His connecting flight.
(c) His connecting train.
(d) His bus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what language is Pnin a professor?

2. What doesn't Victor like the gift that Pnin gives him during dinner?

3. What does Victor's art teacher encourage him to do?

4. What abstract field does Pnin have no interest of getting into teaching?

5. What did Pnin try to do on his own in Chapter 1 rather than take other people's suggestions?

(see the answer key)

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