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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the title of the book that Pnin is asked to bring back to the library in Chapter 3?
(a) The Encyclopedia Britannica, Volume 18.
(b) The Soviet Gold Fund of Literature, Volume 18.
(c) The Switzerland Gold Rush, Volume 16.
(d) The Russian Revolution, Volume 2.

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

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

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

6. Mrs. Clements was in the same city as Pnin in 1919, what was she doing there?
(a) Living with her grandparents.
(b) Teaching at a university.
(c) Working as a waitress.
(d) Studying at a university.

7. Where does Pnin make his first stop in Chapter 1 while traveling?
(a) Walbrook.
(b) Whitchurch.
(c) Williamsburg.
(d) Westwood.

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

9. Why was Pnin's office recently relocated?
(a) To accommodate a new Austrian professor.
(b) The building was being renovated.
(c) He needed a bigger office.
(d) There were complaints about Pnin.

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

11. Why is Pnin traveling at the book opens?
(a) To deliver a lecture.
(b) To audit a class.
(c) To take a test.
(d) To perform in a play.

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

13. Why can't Pnin get his bag back from the man in Chapter 1?
(a) The man wants to keep the bag for himself.
(b) The man does not understand Pnin's imperfect English.
(c) The man does not like foreign people.
(d) The man has dementia.

14. What does Pnin like to put in the Clementses' washing machine?
(a) His socks.
(b) His shirts.
(c) His pants.
(d) Things that don't belong, like shoes.

15. IIn Chapter 3, where have the Clementses gone to visit someone?
(a) An anonymous "Western state."
(b) New York.
(c) Nevada.
(d) Alabama.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pnin usually find wrong in the places that he lives?

2. What brings Pnin to tears at the end of Chapter 3?

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

4. In Chapter 3, which poet's poem does Pnin discuss concerning the uncertainty of death?

5. What does Pnin have because the man will not give him his bag back in Chapter 1?

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