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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How serious is Pnin's condition?
(a) Very serious.
(b) Life-threatening.
(c) Not serious at all.
(d) Not terribly serious.

3. In Chapter 5, why do the host of the party and his wife have no children?
(a) The husband is infertile.
(b) The wife is infertile due to some unspecified surgical complication.
(c) They did not want any children.
(d) The wife had cancer and is now infertile.

4. What procedure does Pnin have in Chapter 2?
(a) He has a hearing aid inserted in his ear.
(b) He has hair plugs put in.
(c) He has all his teeth pulled and replaced with dentures.
(d) He has surgery on his heart.

5. In Chapter 7, what does Pnin do with the offer that the narrator extends to him?
(a) He accepts it.
(b) He declines it.
(c) He gets angry and refuses it.
(d) He is too embarrassed and runs away giving no answer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How soon after Mrs. Clements tells Pnin he can stay at their house does Pnin arrive?

2. In Chapter 6, what country is the department head's replacement from?

3. Where did the narrator and Pnin meet up after leaving their home country?

4. What is the name of the college where Pnin is a professor?

5. Who is sitting near Pnin while he is traveling in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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