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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Pnin's first name?
(a) Patrick.
(b) Alfred.
(c) Timofey.
(d) Fredrick.

2. How would Pnin be described when he is drunk?
(a) Humorous.
(b) Anxious.
(c) Mean.
(d) Sad.

3. Pnin and Victor had already been corresponding, what does Victor think of Pnin from his letters?
(a) He is odd.
(b) He is hilarious.
(c) He is amazing.
(d) He is an impressive man.

4. Who sends the narrator samples of poetry?
(a) Victor.
(b) Pnin.
(c) Varvara.
(d) Liza.

5. How long does Pnin usually stay at the places he rents?
(a) One year.
(b) Two years.
(c) Half a semester.
(d) No longer than a semester.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pnin have because the man will not give him his bag back in Chapter 1?

2. At the party in Chapter 5, what is the name of the host's wife?

3. In Chapter 7, what is the narrator given permission to do at the college?

4. What does Pnin like to put in the Clementses' washing machine?

5. What does Pnin not realize while he is traveling in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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