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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pnin lose while he looks up the proper pronunciation of a word in the dictionary?
(a) His index card with his research on it.
(b) His bookmark.
(c) His wallet.
(d) One of his student's research papers.

2. How soon after Mrs. Clements tells Pnin he can stay at their house does Pnin arrive?
(a) A day later.
(b) Two hours later.
(c) Ten minutes later.
(d) A half hour later.

3. Where did Pnin meet his wife Liza?
(a) Russia.
(b) Paris.
(c) America.
(d) France.

4. What is Laurence Clements wife's name?
(a) Jane.
(b) Judith.
(c) Janis.
(d) Joan.

5. What happens to Pnin, while he is discussing the poem in Chapter 3, which causes the class to laugh?
(a) He leans on a chair and falls over when it snaps under his weight.
(b) He burps.
(c) He trips over a student's leg.
(d) He drops his glasses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Laurence learn from Pnin, in Chapter 2, that helps to change how he feels about him?

2. In Chapter 3, how long has Pnin now been staying with the Clementses?

3. In Chapter 2, whom does Mrs. Clements invite Pnin to meet which he declines?

4. What is Pnin dependent on using when he reaches the town in Chapter 1?

5. What does the professor, who Pnin decides to track down in Chapter 3, teach at the college?

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