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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Pnin ask the librarian in Chapter 3?
(a) If he can request a new book.
(b) If he can hang on to the book a while longer.
(c) If she can tell him who requested the book.
(d) If they have any more books on the same subject.

3. What does Pnin have because the man will not give him his bag back in Chapter 1?
(a) A stroke.
(b) A nervous break down.
(c) A seizure.
(d) A heart attack.

4. What was Liza's profession when she met Pnin?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A writer and medical student.
(c) A waitress.
(d) A nurse.

5. How would Pnin's English be described?
(a) Okay.
(b) Greatly improved.
(c) Very poor.
(d) Perfectly fluent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Victor show a lot of talent in, which for some reason worries his parents?

2. In Chapter 5, whom does Pnin wish could have been there to meet the artist at the party?

3. What is the name of the school that Victor attends?

4. In Chapter 2, Pnin comes downstairs to complain about some annoyances. What does he see a fellow professor doing at the party?

5. In Chapter, Bolotov is also at the party. What is the name of his wife?

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