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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Liza pretend that she wanted to be back with Pnin even though she was carrying Dr. Wind's child?
(a) She wanted Pnin to pay for the medical bills.
(b) She wanted to hurt Pnin.
(c) She wanted Pnin to buy her a house.
(d) She was using Pnin to help pay for her passage to the U.S.

2. One day, in Chapter 3, Pnin finds the house completely to himself. Where have the Clementses gone?
(a) To visit their son Jacob.
(b) To visit their daughter Isabel.
(c) To visit Laurence's father.
(d) To visit Joan's mother.

3. Where was Pnin born?
(a) Russia.
(b) France.
(c) Germany.
(d) Poland.

4. How old was Pnin when he left his home country?
(a) 19.
(b) 18.
(c) 21.
(d) 25.

5. What does the librarian tell Pnin in Chapter 3 that he refuses to take any responsibility for?
(a) Pnin is adamant that he did not cause water damage to the book.
(b) Pnin is adamant that he did not rip one of the pages in the book.
(c) Pnin discovers that he is the one who requested the book.
(d) Pnin refuses to pay his late fee.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mrs. Clements seem to feel about what Pnin puts in her washing machine?

2. What is the name of the woman who introduces Pnin at the seminar?

3. In Chapter 3, up until this point in his life, what has Pnin always been?

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

5. What is Laurence Clements wife's name?

(see the answer key)

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