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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the narrator and Pnin meet up after leaving their home country?
(a) Australia.
(b) America.
(c) Russia.
(d) Europe.

2. Why doesn't Laurence want Pnin to stay in his house?
(a) He thinks Pnin is mean.
(b) He thinks Pnin is strange.
(c) He thinks Pnin is dirty.
(d) He hates Pnin.

3. What does Laurence learn from Pnin, in Chapter 2, that helps to change how he feels about him?
(a) French facial expressions.
(b) Russian gestures.
(c) Polish gestures.
(d) Swedish body language.

4. At the end of Chapter 6, what does Pnin drop onto a pile of dishes?
(a) A hammer.
(b) A golf ball.
(c) A book.
(d) A nutcracker.

5. How does Pnin feel about Betty Bliss?
(a) She makes him nervous.
(b) He has a crush on her.
(c) She annoys him.
(d) He dislikes her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the narrator think of the poetry that was sent to him?

2. In Chapter 3, how does Pnin feel about having to bring the book back to the library?

3. In Chapter 5, why do the host of the party and his wife have no children?

4. One day, in Chapter 3, Pnin finds the house completely to himself. Where have the Clementses gone?

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

(see the answer key)

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