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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Pnin's class size compare to other classes in the college?
(a) Small.
(b) Very large.
(c) Large.
(d) Average.

2. How serious is Pnin's condition?
(a) Not terribly serious.
(b) Life-threatening.
(c) Very serious.
(d) Not serious at all.

3. How would Pnin be described when he is drunk?
(a) Sad.
(b) Humorous.
(c) Mean.
(d) Anxious.

4. As a teacher, how would Pnin be described?
(a) Humble.
(b) Confident.
(c) Nervous.
(d) Pompous.

5. What abstract field does Pnin have no interest of getting into teaching?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) History.
(c) Linguistics.
(d) Phonetics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is sitting near Pnin while he is traveling in Chapter 1?

2. By what means is Pnin traveling at the beginning of the book?

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. Of what language is Pnin a professor?

(see the answer key)

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