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

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. 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) Pushkin's poems.
(d) Mayakovsky's poems.

3. How old are most of the men attending the party in Chapter 5?
(a) Well into their sixties or older.
(b) Most in their fifties.
(c) Around thirty.
(d) About mid-forties.

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

5. Like many people from his home country, with what does Pnin have a fascination?
(a) Complicated mathematic problems.
(b) Different languages.
(c) Complicated maps, tables, and schedules that are used to navigate train systems.
(d) American customs.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, up until this point in his life, what has Pnin always been?

2. In Chapter 6, whom does Pnin invite over for a housewarming party?

3. What does the professor, who Pnin decides to track down in Chapter 3, teach at the college?

4. What does the librarian tell Pnin in Chapter 3 that he refuses to take any responsibility for?

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

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