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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 Pnin dependent on using when he reaches the town in Chapter 1?
(a) His inhaler.
(b) His lap top.
(c) A prepared text.
(d) A dictionary.

2. While on his way to the town in Chapter 1, what is Pnin horrified about the possibility of losing?
(a) His suitcase.
(b) His satchel.
(c) His brief case.
(d) His book bag.

3. What does Pnin have because the man will not give him his bag back in Chapter 1?
(a) A stroke.
(b) A heart attack.
(c) A nervous break down.
(d) A seizure.

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

5. What does Pnin miss while getting something to eat in Chapter 1?
(a) His taxi.
(b) His connecting flight.
(c) His bus.
(d) His connecting train.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Pnin try to do on his own in Chapter 1 rather than take other people's suggestions?

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

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

4. How would Pnin's English be described?

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

(see the answer key)

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