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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) Europe.
(b) America.
(c) Australia.
(d) Russia.

2. When does Victor learn of Pnin's existence?
(a) He found a letter that Pnin had written his mother two years before.
(b) Not until his parent's marriage has dissolved.
(c) When he is a little boy.
(d) He found his mom and Pnin's wedding picture the year before.

3. In Chapter 5, when did the host of the party move to America?
(a) After World War II.
(b) After the Vietnam War.
(c) After World War I.
(d) After the Bolshevik revolution.

4. By what means is Pnin traveling at the beginning of the book?
(a) Boat.
(b) Airplane.
(c) Train.
(d) Car.

5. What happens to Pnin, while he is discussing the poem in Chapter 3, which causes the class to laugh?
(a) He trips over a student's leg.
(b) He leans on a chair and falls over when it snaps under his weight.
(c) He drops his glasses.
(d) He burps.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter, Bolotov is also at the party. What is the name of his wife?

2. In Chapter 2, Pnin comes downstairs to complain about some annoyances. What does he see a fellow professor doing at the party?

3. What city did Pnin end up in 1919?

4. How would Pnin's laugh be described?

5. Why was Pnin's office recently relocated?

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