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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Six.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Why was Pnin's office recently relocated?
(a) The building was being renovated.
(b) He needed a bigger office.
(c) To accommodate a new Austrian professor.
(d) There were complaints about Pnin.
2. What brings Pnin to tears at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) A documentary about life in Germany.
(b) A paper that one of his students wrote.
(c) A letter from Liza.
(d) A documentary about life in Russia.
3. While on his way to the town in Chapter 1, what is Pnin horrified about the possibility of losing?
(a) His brief case.
(b) His satchel.
(c) His book bag.
(d) His suitcase.
4. What procedure does Pnin have in Chapter 2?
(a) He has all his teeth pulled and replaced with dentures.
(b) He has surgery on his heart.
(c) He has hair plugs put in.
(d) He has a hearing aid inserted in his ear.
5. Why does Pnin decide to track down a certain professor in Chapter 3?
(a) He wants ask him a question about his lecture.
(b) He wants to know whether he is the one who has requested his library book.
(c) He is angry that he requested his library book.
(d) He wants to see if he wants to go get lunch.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is it about Victor that troubles his parents?
2. What does Victor show a lot of talent in, which for some reason worries his parents?
3. What happens to Pnin, while he is discussing the poem in Chapter 3, which causes the class to laugh?
4. What was Liza's profession when she met Pnin?
5. In Chapter 5, where is the cabin that Pnin is headed to located?
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