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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who helps Pnin to adapt his room at the Clementses' house to his own utility and personality?
(a) His brother.
(b) One of his students.
(c) Laurence.
(d) Mrs. Clement.

2. In Chapter 2, Pnin comes downstairs to complain about some annoyances. What does he see a fellow professor doing at the party?
(a) Kissing Mrs. Clements.
(b) Drinking.
(c) Stealing silverware.
(d) Impersonating him.

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

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) Brodsky's poems.
(c) Pasternak's poems.
(d) Pushkin's poems.

5. Why doesn't Laurence want Pnin to stay in his house?
(a) He hates Pnin.
(b) He thinks Pnin is strange.
(c) He thinks Pnin is mean.
(d) He thinks Pnin is dirty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Pnin made to sit in his bed for weeks with nothing to do when he was a child?

2. In what year did Pnin leave his home country?

3. Where were Pnin and his wife Liza staying when she met Dr. Wind, the man she ends up leaving Pnin for?

4. What is Pnin's first name?

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

(see the answer key)

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