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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 drops his glasses.
(c) He trips over a student's leg.
(d) He burps.

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

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

4. Mrs. Clements was in the same city as Pnin in 1919, what was she doing there?
(a) Teaching at a university.
(b) Studying at a university.
(c) Working as a waitress.
(d) Living with her grandparents.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Pnin begin reading in his favorite spot after he talks to the librarian?

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

4. Where did Pnin meet his wife Liza?

5. What did Pnin try to do on his own in Chapter 1 rather than take other people's suggestions?

(see the answer key)

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