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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Pnin traveling at the book opens?
(a) To audit a class.
(b) To take a test.
(c) To perform in a play.
(d) To deliver a lecture.

2. Why was Pnin made to sit in his bed for weeks with nothing to do when he was a child?
(a) His parents and doctors were concerned about his lungs.
(b) He hurt his head.
(c) He hurt his back.
(d) His parents and doctors were concerned about his heart.

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

4. What does Victor's art teacher encourage him to do?
(a) To find another subject to be interested in.
(b) Exercise and expand his artistic abilities.
(c) Drop all of his other subjects and concentrate on art.
(d) Enter an art competition.

5. At the party in Chapter 5, what book does Pnin end up getting into an argument with Bolotov over?
(a) "Pride and Prejudice".
(b) "Crime and Punishment".
(c) 'Anna Karenina'.
(d) "Call of the Wild".

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, whom is this type of gathering common among?

2. Who helps Pnin to adapt his room at the Clementses' house to his own utility and personality?

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

4. How does Mrs. Clements react to Laurence not wanting Pnin to stay in their house?

5. What doesn't Victor like the gift that Pnin gives him during dinner?

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