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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Pnin make his first stop in Chapter 1 while traveling?
(a) Westwood.
(b) Williamsburg.
(c) Walbrook.
(d) Whitchurch.

2. Victor is happy about the book that Pnin picked out for him. Whom does he mistake its author for?
(a) Jack London.
(b) Ernest Hemmingway.
(c) Dostoevsky.
(d) Jane Austen.

3. In Chapter 3, which poet's poem does Pnin discuss concerning the uncertainty of death?
(a) Brodsky.
(b) Pasternak.
(c) Pushkin.
(d) Mayakovsky.

4. How does Pnin's class size compare to other classes in the college?
(a) Average.
(b) Small.
(c) Very large.
(d) Large.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Victor go to visit Pnin in Chapter 4?

2. How would Pnin's English be described?

3. What is the name of the librarian at Pnin's college?

4. What does Pnin like to put in the Clementses' washing machine?

5. At the party in Chapter 5, what do the guests have for dinner?

(see the answer key)

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