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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. By what means is Pnin traveling at the beginning of the book?
(a) Car.
(b) Boat.
(c) Airplane.
(d) Train.

5. Of what language is Pnin a professor?
(a) French.
(b) Russian.
(c) Polish.
(d) German.

Short Answer Questions

1. Like many people from his home country, with what does Pnin have a fascination?

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

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

4. While on his way to the town in Chapter 1, what is Pnin horrified about the possibility of losing?

5. Why can't Pnin get his bag back from the man in Chapter 1?

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