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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Pnin, while he is discussing the poem in Chapter 3, which causes the class to laugh?
(a) He leans on a chair and falls over when it snaps under his weight.
(b) He drops his glasses.
(c) He burps.
(d) He trips over a student's leg.

2. Where did Pnin meet his wife Liza?
(a) Russia.
(b) Paris.
(c) America.
(d) France.

3. Why was Pnin's office recently relocated?
(a) There were complaints about Pnin.
(b) He needed a bigger office.
(c) To accommodate a new Austrian professor.
(d) The building was being renovated.

4. What does the librarian tell Pnin in Chapter 3 that he refuses to take any responsibility for?
(a) Pnin is adamant that he did not cause water damage to the book.
(b) Pnin refuses to pay his late fee.
(c) Pnin is adamant that he did not rip one of the pages in the book.
(d) Pnin discovers that he is the one who requested the book.

5. How does the man who runs Victor's school treat the children?
(a) Sternly.
(b) With minimal tolerance.
(c) Happily.
(d) Gently.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mrs. Clements react to Laurence not wanting Pnin to stay in their house?

2. Who stayed in the room before Pnin at the Clementses' house?

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

4. In Chapter 6, what do pranksters vandalize in the humanities building?

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

(see the answer key)

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