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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of chapter 1, what poem does Pnin recall reciting in front of the entire school when he was a child?
(a) Pasternak's poems.
(b) Brodsky's poems.
(c) Pushkin's poems.
(d) Mayakovsky's poems.

2. What was Liza's profession when she met Pnin?
(a) A nurse.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A writer and medical student.
(d) A waitress.

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

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

5. After showing his students a film, what does Pnin's student, Betty Bliss, remark that he looks like from the film?
(a) Hitler.
(b) Buddha.
(c) George Washington.
(d) Moses.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, Pnin comes downstairs to complain about some annoyances. What does he see a fellow professor doing at the party?

2. How does Mrs. Clements seem to feel about what Pnin puts in her washing machine?

3. What city did Pnin end up in 1919?

4. How serious is Pnin's condition?

5. As a teacher, how would Pnin be described?

(see the answer key)

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