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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Pnin does not have tenure yet. How does his position at the college still exist?
(a) By virtue of being attached to the Polish Department.
(b) By virtue of being attached to the German Department.
(c) By virtue of being attached to the French Department.
(d) By virtue of being attached to the Russian Department.

2. How does the fall semester at Pnin's college begin?
(a) Disorganized.
(b) Hectic.
(c) The same way as it has started every year.
(d) Slow and very boring.

3. What country did Pnin leave right before coming to America?
(a) France.
(b) Poland.
(c) Switzerland.
(d) Germany.

4. In Chapter 2, whom does Mrs. Clements invite Pnin to meet which he declines?
(a) Professor Thayer.
(b) Professor Wind.
(c) Professor Bliss.
(d) Professor Entwistle.

5. In Chapter 4, who does Pnin now rent a house from?
(a) The Lawerence brothers.
(b) The Crawford brothers.
(c) The Clements brothers.
(d) The Sheppard brothers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What procedure does Pnin have in Chapter 2?

2. What is Laurence Clements wife's name?

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

4. What city did Pnin end up in 1919?

5. Whom does Pnin ask for the first time he calls to rent a room in Chapter 2?

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