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

2. What doesn't Victor like the gift that Pnin gives him during dinner?
(a) He really wanted a different type of ball.
(b) He already has a ball just like it.
(c) He hates that sport.
(d) He is more the intellectual type than athletic type.

3. In Chapter 5, who is the host of the party at the cabin?
(a) Alexandr Petrovich Kukolnikov.
(b) Pyotr Dostoevsky.
(c) Oleg Komarov.
(d) Laurence Clements.

4. At the party in Chapter 5, who is the other man, beside Pnin, that is also considered a youngster?
(a) Laurence Clements.
(b) Professor Chateau.
(c) Eric Wind.
(d) Oleg Komarov.

5. In Chapter 6, who has Pnin found a permanent housing solution from?
(a) Professor Chateau.
(b) A relative of his old landlords, the Clementses.
(c) Al Cook.
(d) A relative of his old landlords, the Sheppards.

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

7. At the end of Chapter 6, what is Pnin worried that he broke while cleaning up after the housewarming party?
(a) A vase from his marriage to Liza.
(b) A goblet.
(c) His mother's priceless china.
(d) A beautiful bowl that Victor sent him.

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

9. At the party in Chapter 5, what book does Pnin end up getting into an argument with Bolotov over?
(a) "Pride and Prejudice".
(b) 'Anna Karenina'.
(c) "Crime and Punishment".
(d) "Call of the Wild".

10. How old is Victor in Chapter 4?
(a) Sixteen.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Thirteen.
(d) Fifteen.

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

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

13. Why does the staff at Victor's school keep his art teacher around?
(a) Because there is something trendy about having a "distinguished freak" around.
(b) Because he is the son of the dean.
(c) Because he has tenure and cannot be fired.
(d) Because he's an excellent teacher.

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

15. In Chapter 5, whom does Pnin wish could have been there to meet the artist at the party?
(a) Victor.
(b) Dr. Wind.
(c) Liza.
(d) Joan.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the party in Chapter 5, how old are most of the women?

2. In Chapter 6, who will replace Pnin's friend as department head?

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

4. In Chapter 5, whom is this type of gathering common among?

5. In Chapter 5, whom does Pnin run into while getting ready to go for a swim?

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