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

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

3. What does Pnin begin reading in his favorite spot after he talks to the librarian?
(a) A newsletter circulated by Swedish immigrants.
(b) A newsletter circulated by Russian immigrants.
(c) A newsletter circulated by French immigrants.
(d) A newsletter circulated by Polish immigrants.

4. After leaving the library in Chapter 3, what does Pnin decide to do for the night?
(a) Read a book in his room.
(b) Watch some TV.
(c) Go straight to bed.
(d) Go to a music and movie night that some acquaintances of his are having.

5. Where were Pnin and his wife Liza staying when she met Dr. Wind, the man she ends up leaving Pnin for?
(a) Meudon, a suburb of Paris.
(b) Tuva, Russia.
(c) Austin, Texas.
(d) Marseille, France.

Short Answer Questions

1. How would Pnin be described when he is drunk?

2. By what means is Pnin traveling at the beginning of the book?

3. What does Pnin have because the man will not give him his bag back in Chapter 1?

4. In what year did Pnin leave his home country?

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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