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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Pnin make his first stop in Chapter 1 while traveling?
(a) Westwood.
(b) Whitchurch.
(c) Williamsburg.
(d) Walbrook.

2. What is Pnin's first name?
(a) Fredrick.
(b) Timofey.
(c) Patrick.
(d) Alfred.

3. 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.

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

5. Why can't Pnin get his bag back from the man in Chapter 1?
(a) The man has dementia.
(b) The man does not like foreign people.
(c) The man wants to keep the bag for himself.
(d) The man does not understand Pnin's imperfect English.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of chapter 1, what poem does Pnin recall reciting in front of the entire school when he was a child?

2. What abstract field does Pnin have no interest of getting into teaching?

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

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

5. What does Pnin have because the man will not give him his bag back in Chapter 1?

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