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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 5, whom is this type of gathering common among?
(a) German immigrants.
(b) Polish immigrants.
(c) French immigrants.
(d) Russian immigrants.

2. In Chapter 5, what is the actual name that the host of the party goes by?
(a) Larry Clements.
(b) Pete Dost.
(c) Ollie Koma.
(d) Al Cook.

3. In Chapter 6, how soon before the party does Pnin begin preparing food and drinks?
(a) A day before.
(b) Hours before.
(c) A few minutes before.
(d) A week before.

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

5. Why did Liza decide to send Victor to a particular school in Chapter 4?
(a) She thought it was a nice compromise between modern psychology and the atmosphere of the Greek Catholic Church.
(b) She thought it was a nice compromise of science and the atmosphere of the Roman Catholic Church.
(c) She thought it was a nice compromise of art and science and had an easy going atmosphere.
(d) She thought it was a nice compromise of history and the atmosphere of the Lutheran Church.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Victor smell and hear at his school?

2. In Chapter 6, what does Pnin do with his extra time since he doesn't have as many classes to teach?

3. At the beginning of Chapter 1, to what town is Pnin headed?

4. What does Victor's art teacher encourage him to do?

5. Pnin and Victor had already been corresponding, what does Victor think of Pnin from his letters?

(see the answer key)

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