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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is sitting near Pnin while he is traveling in Chapter 1?
(a) A priest, and two businessmen.
(b) His brother and nephew.
(c) A soldier, and two mothers with their children.
(d) A young couple.

2. Why did Liza pretend that she wanted to be back with Pnin even though she was carrying Dr. Wind's child?
(a) She wanted Pnin to pay for the medical bills.
(b) She was using Pnin to help pay for her passage to the U.S.
(c) She wanted to hurt Pnin.
(d) She wanted Pnin to buy her a house.

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

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

5. Why doesn't Laurence want Pnin to stay in his house?
(a) He thinks Pnin is mean.
(b) He thinks Pnin is strange.
(c) He thinks Pnin is dirty.
(d) He hates Pnin.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where was Pnin born?

3. What does Pnin not realize while he is traveling in Chapter 1?

4. What country did Pnin leave right before coming to America?

5. Why was Pnin made to sit in his bed for weeks with nothing to do when he was a child?

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