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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 5, why does the artist who Pnin meets not being incredibly social?
(a) He is trying to eat.
(b) He is painting.
(c) She is trying to eat.
(d) She is painting.

2. In Chapter 6, how many roommates does Pnin have in the house he is renting?
(a) Zero.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

3. In Chapter 6, what do pranksters vandalize in the humanities building?
(a) Statues.
(b) Pnin's classroom.
(c) Water fountains.
(d) The bathrooms.

4. At the party in Chapter 5, who quickly changes the subject when Bolotov and Pnin begin to argue?
(a) Alena.
(b) Susan.
(c) Varvara.
(d) Sophie.

5. In Chapter 4, what does Pnin buy Victor in preparation for his visit?
(a) A basketball and a novel by Mark Twain.
(b) A football and a novel by Jack London.
(c) A baseball and a novel by Ernest Hemmingway.
(d) A volleyball and a novel by Jane Austen.

6. At the party in Chapter 5, where does Pnin know the other man who is close to his age from?
(a) The University of Prague.
(b) Warsaw University.
(c) University of Berlin.
(d) Paris University.

7. Pnin does not have tenure yet. How does his position at the college still exist?
(a) By virtue of being attached to the Polish Department.
(b) By virtue of being attached to the French Department.
(c) By virtue of being attached to the German Department.
(d) By virtue of being attached to the Russian Department.

8. How old are most of the men attending the party in Chapter 5?
(a) Well into their sixties or older.
(b) Most in their fifties.
(c) Around thirty.
(d) About mid-forties.

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

10. At the party in Chapter 5, after playing the game whom does Pnin talk with?
(a) Roza Shpolyanski.
(b) Gramineev.
(c) Professor Chateau.
(d) Mira Belochkin.

11. In Chapter 5, why do the host of the party and his wife have no children?
(a) The wife had cancer and is now infertile.
(b) The wife is infertile due to some unspecified surgical complication.
(c) They did not want any children.
(d) The husband is infertile.

12. In Chapter, Bolotov is also at the party. What is the name of his wife?
(a) Varvara.
(b) Tatyana.
(c) Alena.
(d) Sophie.

13. What does Victor show a lot of talent in, which for some reason worries his parents?
(a) Acting talent.
(b) Athletic talent.
(c) Artistic talent.
(d) Culinary talent.

14. In Chapter 6, what university does Pnin learn his friend tried to get him a position at?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Warsaw.
(c) Seaboard.
(d) Waindell.

15. In Chapter 5, whom does Pnin run into while getting ready to go for a swim?
(a) Laurence Clements.
(b) His old friend Chateau.
(c) Varvara.
(d) Susan.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, when did the host of the party move to America?

2. In Chapter 4, who does Pnin now rent a house from?

3. At Pnin's housewarming party, what guest tells him she has become engaged?

4. Why does Pnin not use the detailed directions that were given to him to get to the cabin?

5. What is one of the chief attractions of the party at the cabin?

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