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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. Pnin does not have tenure yet. How does his position at the college still exist?
(a) By virtue of being attached to the French Department.
(b) By virtue of being attached to the German Department.
(c) By virtue of being attached to the Polish Department.
(d) By virtue of being attached to the Russian Department.

3. Where did Pnin meet his wife Liza?
(a) Paris.
(b) Russia.
(c) America.
(d) France.

4. What was Liza's profession when she met Pnin?
(a) A nurse.
(b) A waitress.
(c) A writer and medical student.
(d) A teacher.

5. When does Victor go to visit Pnin in Chapter 4?
(a) His school break.
(b) Over the Christmas holiday.
(c) He cuts class.
(d) He fakes sick and then sneaks off.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Victor in Chapter 4?

2. Mrs. Clements was in the same city as Pnin in 1919, what was she doing there?

3. Why was Pnin's office recently relocated?

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

5. Whom does Pnin ask for the first time he calls to rent a room in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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