Pnin Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Pnin Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the college where Pnin is a professor?
(a) Washington.
(b) Waindell.
(c) Walden.
(d) Wagner.

2. What is Laurence Clements wife's name?
(a) Janis.
(b) Jane.
(c) Joan.
(d) Judith.

3. How soon after Mrs. Clements tells Pnin he can stay at their house does Pnin arrive?
(a) A half hour later.
(b) Two hours later.
(c) A day later.
(d) Ten minutes later.

4. What is the name of the woman who introduces Pnin at the seminar?
(a) Jane Corrinth.
(b) Janis Clements.
(c) Janelle Cummings.
(d) Judith Clyde.

5. At the end of chapter 1, what poem does Pnin recall reciting in front of the entire school when he was a child?
(a) Pushkin's poems.
(b) Pasternak's poems.
(c) Brodsky's poems.
(d) Mayakovsky's poems.

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

7. What does Pnin begin reading in his favorite spot after he talks to the librarian?
(a) A newsletter circulated by French immigrants.
(b) A newsletter circulated by Polish immigrants.
(c) A newsletter circulated by Swedish immigrants.
(d) A newsletter circulated by Russian immigrants.

8. Whom does Pnin want to rent a room from in Chapter 2?
(a) Laurence and Judith Clements.
(b) Laurence and Jane Clements.
(c) Laurence and Janis Clements .
(d) Laurence and Joan Clements.

9. In Chapter 2, whom does Mrs. Clements invite Pnin to meet which he declines?
(a) Professor Wind.
(b) Professor Bliss.
(c) Professor Entwistle.
(d) Professor Thayer.

10. What is Laurence Clements, a fellow professor of Pnin's, most popular course at college?
(a) Studying facial expressions.
(b) Studying body language.
(c) Analyzing gestures.
(d) Analyzing handwriting.

11. What does the librarian tell Pnin in Chapter 3 that he refuses to take any responsibility for?
(a) Pnin is adamant that he did not rip one of the pages in the book.
(b) Pnin is adamant that he did not cause water damage to the book.
(c) Pnin discovers that he is the one who requested the book.
(d) Pnin refuses to pay his late fee.

12. What brings Pnin to tears at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) A letter from Liza.
(b) A documentary about life in Germany.
(c) A documentary about life in Russia.
(d) A paper that one of his students wrote.

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

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

15. How does Pnin finally end up getting to the town in Chapter 1?
(a) He gets a ride with a group of men.
(b) He gets a ride from his brother.
(c) He gets a ride with a group of women.
(d) He gets a ride with a young couple.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Pnin born?

2. Where is Pnin's office located at the college?

3. Why did Liza pretend that she wanted to be back with Pnin even though she was carrying Dr. Wind's child?

4. As a teacher, how would Pnin be described?

5. What does Pnin ask the librarian in Chapter 3?

(see the answer keys)

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