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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How would Pnin's laugh be described?
(a) Obnoxious.
(b) Screeching.
(c) Annoying.
(d) Infectious.

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

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

5. Like many people from his home country, with what does Pnin have a fascination?
(a) Complicated mathematic problems.
(b) Different languages.
(c) Complicated maps, tables, and schedules that are used to navigate train systems.
(d) American customs.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Pnin not realize while he is traveling in Chapter 1?

3. Why is Pnin traveling at the book opens?

4. How would Pnin's English be described?

5. How does Pnin's class size compare to other classes in the college?

(see the answer key)

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