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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Mrs. Clements seem to feel about what Pnin puts in her washing machine?
(a) Amused.
(b) Stressed.
(c) Angry.
(d) Very annoyed.

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

3. How soon after Mrs. Clements tells Pnin he can stay at their house does Pnin arrive?
(a) Two hours later.
(b) A half hour later.
(c) A day later.
(d) Ten minutes later.

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

5. What does Pnin miss while getting something to eat in Chapter 1?
(a) His taxi.
(b) His connecting flight.
(c) His connecting train.
(d) His bus.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Mrs. Clements was in the same city as Pnin in 1919, what was she doing there?

3. What does Laurence learn from Pnin, in Chapter 2, that helps to change how he feels about him?

4. Whom does Mrs. Clements tell she is looking to rent out her room?

5. What was Liza's profession when she met Pnin?

(see the answer key)

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