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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. For many years, what language have students not been particularly interested in learning?
(a) Russian.
(b) Polish.
(c) French.
(d) German.

3. What is the name of Pnin's friend who heads the department that Pnin's job is attached to?
(a) Professor Clements.
(b) Professor Chateau.
(c) Professor Hagen.
(d) Professor Kukolnikov.

4. What is the name of the school that Victor attends?
(a) St. Thomas's.
(b) St. Lucas's.
(c) St. Marcus's.
(d) St. Bart's.

5. At the end of Chapter 6, what does Pnin drop onto a pile of dishes?
(a) A golf ball.
(b) A book.
(c) A hammer.
(d) A nutcracker.

6. At the party in Chapter 5, what do the guests have for dinner?
(a) Traditional Polish food.
(b) Traditional French food.
(c) Traditional Russian food.
(d) Traditional German food.

7. Where does Pnin take Victor after picking him up from the train station?
(a) To his home.
(b) To the college.
(c) To dinner.
(d) To a movie.

8. Pnin and Victor had already been corresponding, what does Victor think of Pnin from his letters?
(a) He is amazing.
(b) He is hilarious.
(c) He is an impressive man.
(d) He is odd.

9. In Chapter 4, who does Pnin now rent a house from?
(a) The Clements brothers.
(b) The Lawerence brothers.
(c) The Crawford brothers.
(d) The Sheppard brothers.

10. In Chapter 5, what do Pnin and the person he runs into before going on a swim talk about?
(a) The time they went out years ago.
(b) The good times they had living together.
(c) How good the food is.
(d) The annoyances of life as a teacher.

11. Why did Liza decide to send Victor to a particular school in Chapter 4?
(a) She thought it was a nice compromise of science and the atmosphere of the Roman Catholic Church.
(b) She thought it was a nice compromise of history and the atmosphere of the Lutheran Church.
(c) She thought it was a nice compromise of art and science and had an easy going atmosphere.
(d) She thought it was a nice compromise between modern psychology and the atmosphere of the Greek Catholic Church.

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

13. In Chapter 6, what country is the department head's replacement from?
(a) Germany.
(b) Austria.
(c) Australia.
(d) Russia.

14. What war is America in the midst of in Chapter 6?
(a) The Cold War.
(b) Vietnam War.
(c) None of the answers is correct
(d) World War II.

15. Who arrives early to the housewarming party to assist Pnin with the preparations?
(a) Betty Bliss.
(b) Al Cook.
(c) Varvara.
(d) Joan Clements.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Victor show a lot of talent in, which for some reason worries his parents?

2. How old are most of the men attending the party in Chapter 5?

3. In Chapter 6, how many roommates does Pnin have in the house he is renting?

4. In Chapter 5, whom does Pnin wish could have been there to meet the artist at the party?

5. After everyone leaves Pnin's housewarming, what does he immediately begin to do?

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