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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pnin usually find wrong in the places that he lives?
(a) Too expensive.
(b) Too much noise.
(c) Not close enough to the college.
(d) Too small.

2. What is Pnin dependent on using when he reaches the town in Chapter 1?
(a) A dictionary.
(b) His inhaler.
(c) A prepared text.
(d) His lap top.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Pnin usually stay at the places he rents?

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

3. In Chapter 5, what is the actual name that the host of the party goes by?

4. In Chapter 5, what do Pnin and the person he runs into before going on a swim talk about?

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

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