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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Pnin like to put in the Clementses' washing machine?
(a) His pants.
(b) His shirts.
(c) Things that don't belong, like shoes.
(d) His socks.

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

4. What does Pnin have because the man will not give him his bag back in Chapter 1?
(a) A heart attack.
(b) A seizure.
(c) A nervous break down.
(d) A stroke.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Pnin call World War II?

3. What does Pnin miss while getting something to eat in Chapter 1?

4. Like many people from his home country, with what does Pnin have a fascination?

5. Where were Pnin and his wife Liza staying when she met Dr. Wind, the man she ends up leaving Pnin for?

(see the answer key)

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