Pnin Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Pnin Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What professor does Pnin decide to track down in Chapter 3?
(a) Marcus Karras.
(b) Eric Wind.
(c) Laurence Clements.
(d) Oleg Komarov.

2. How would Pnin's laugh be described?
(a) Obnoxious.
(b) Annoying.
(c) Infectious.
(d) Screeching.

3. What does Pnin call World War II?
(a) "Jewish War."
(b) "Hitler War."
(c) "German War."
(d) "Satan's War."

4. Whom does Mrs. Clements tell she is looking to rent out her room?
(a) Mrs. Lawrence.
(b) Mrs. Taylor.
(c) Mrs. Thompson.
(d) Mrs. Thayer.

5. What procedure does Pnin have in Chapter 2?
(a) He has hair plugs put in.
(b) He has a hearing aid inserted in his ear.
(c) He has all his teeth pulled and replaced with dentures.
(d) He has surgery on his heart.

6. Mrs. Clements was in the same city as Pnin in 1919, what was she doing there?
(a) Living with her grandparents.
(b) Studying at a university.
(c) Working as a waitress.
(d) Teaching at a university.

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

8. 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 rip one of the pages in 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 cause water damage to the book.

9. How does Pnin finally end up getting to the town in Chapter 1?
(a) He gets a ride with a young couple.
(b) He gets a ride from his brother.
(c) He gets a ride with a group of women.
(d) He gets a ride with a group of men.

10. What is Laurence Clements wife's name?
(a) Judith.
(b) Jane.
(c) Janis.
(d) Joan.

11. Of what language is Pnin a professor?
(a) Polish.
(b) Russian.
(c) French.
(d) German.

12. What is the name of the college where Pnin is a professor?
(a) Waindell.
(b) Walden.
(c) Washington.
(d) Wagner.

13. Why is Pnin traveling at the book opens?
(a) To audit a class.
(b) To deliver a lecture.
(c) To take a test.
(d) To perform in a play.

14. Why can't Pnin get his bag back from the man in Chapter 1?
(a) The man does not understand Pnin's imperfect English.
(b) The man does not like foreign people.
(c) The man wants to keep the bag for himself.
(d) The man has dementia.

15. In Chapter 2, Pnin comes downstairs to complain about some annoyances. What does he see a fellow professor doing at the party?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Stealing silverware.
(c) Kissing Mrs. Clements.
(d) Impersonating him.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, whom does Mrs. Clements invite Pnin to meet which he declines?

2. How serious is Pnin's condition?

3. Who stayed in the room before Pnin at the Clementses' house?

4. What does Pnin lose while he looks up the proper pronunciation of a word in the dictionary?

5. What is Pnin's first name?

(see the answer keys)

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