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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the professor, who Pnin decides to track down in Chapter 3, teach at the college?
(a) Fine Arts.
(b) Chemistry.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Biology.

2. What does Pnin usually find wrong in the places that he lives?
(a) Too expensive.
(b) Too small.
(c) Too much noise.
(d) Not close enough to the college.

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

4. Before leaving the library in Chapter 3, what word does Pnin look up in the dictionary for its proper pronunciation?
(a) Attracted.
(b) Involved.
(c) Concerned.
(d) Interested.

5. In Chapter 3, how long has Pnin now been staying with the Clementses?
(a) One year.
(b) Six months.
(c) Two years.
(d) Three months.

6. Whom does Pnin ask for the first time he calls to rent a room in Chapter 2?
(a) A Mrs. Earth."
(b) A "Mrs. Water."
(c) A "Mrs. Wind."
(d) A "Mrs. Fire."

7. Why was Pnin made to sit in his bed for weeks with nothing to do when he was a child?
(a) His parents and doctors were concerned about his lungs.
(b) He hurt his head.
(c) His parents and doctors were concerned about his heart.
(d) He hurt his back.

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

9. Where were Pnin and his wife Liza staying when she met Dr. Wind, the man she ends up leaving Pnin for?
(a) Austin, Texas.
(b) Meudon, a suburb of Paris.
(c) Tuva, Russia.
(d) Marseille, France.

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

11. What abstract field does Pnin have no interest of getting into teaching?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Phonetics.
(c) History.
(d) Linguistics.

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

13. Why did Liza pretend that she wanted to be back with Pnin even though she was carrying Dr. Wind's child?
(a) She was using Pnin to help pay for her passage to the U.S.
(b) She wanted to hurt Pnin.
(c) She wanted Pnin to pay for the medical bills.
(d) She wanted Pnin to buy her a house.

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

15. At the beginning of Chapter 1, to what town is Pnin headed?
(a) Concord.
(b) Canton.
(c) Cambridge.
(d) Cremona.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Laurence Clements, a fellow professor of Pnin's, most popular course at college?

2. Besides teaching his students to speak the language that he teaches, what does Pnin occasionally treat his class to?

3. What does Pnin call World War II?

4. What does Pnin like to put in the Clementses' washing machine?

5. What does Pnin not realize while he is traveling in Chapter 1?

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