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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Pnin leave his home country?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1916.
(c) 1917.
(d) 1915.

2. What does Pnin usually find wrong in the places that he lives?
(a) Too much noise.
(b) Too small.
(c) Too expensive.
(d) Not close enough to the college.

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

4. Why was Pnin's office recently relocated?
(a) He needed a bigger office.
(b) The building was being renovated.
(c) There were complaints about Pnin.
(d) To accommodate a new Austrian professor.

5. How does Pnin feel about Betty Bliss?
(a) She annoys him.
(b) She makes him nervous.
(c) He dislikes her.
(d) He has a crush on her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of the book that Pnin is asked to bring back to the library in Chapter 3?

2. IIn Chapter 3, where have the Clementses gone to visit someone?

3. What does Pnin recommend Laurence get, telling him he will not regret it?

4. Before leaving the library in Chapter 3, what word does Pnin look up in the dictionary for its proper pronunciation?

5. What does Pnin call World War II?

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