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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Mrs. Clements react to Laurence not wanting Pnin to stay in their house?
(a) She says a prayer and Laurence eventually lets Pnin stay.
(b) She yells at him and lets Pnin stay.
(c) She begs him to let Pnin stay.
(d) She ignores him and lets Pnin stay.

3. In Chapter 2, whom does Mrs. Clements invite Pnin to meet which he declines?
(a) Professor Wind.
(b) Professor Bliss.
(c) Professor Entwistle.
(d) Professor Thayer.

4. What does Pnin like to put in the Clementses' washing machine?
(a) His shirts.
(b) His socks.
(c) Things that don't belong, like shoes.
(d) His pants.

5. What is the name of the college where Pnin is a professor?
(a) Washington.
(b) Wagner.
(c) Waindell.
(d) Walden.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why doesn't Laurence want Pnin to stay in his house?

3. Besides teaching his students to speak the language that he teaches, what does Pnin occasionally treat his class to?

4. What professor does Pnin decide to track down in Chapter 3?

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

(see the answer key)

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