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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. In Chapter 6, who will replace Pnin's friend as department head?
(a) Dr. Chateau.
(b) Dr. Falternfels.
(c) Dr. Hagen.
(d) Dr. Kukolnikov.

7. In Chapter 6, how is Pnin feeling about his lack of students this semester?
(a) Angry.
(b) Annoyed.
(c) Happy.
(d) Sad.

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

9. At the party in Chapter 5, what is the name of the host's wife?
(a) Patty Lawrence.
(b) Tammy Fallon.
(c) Susan Marshall.
(d) Sarah Martin.

10. In Chapter 6, what does Pnin do with his extra time since he doesn't have as many classes to teach?
(a) Independent research.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Chat with other professors.
(d) Eat.

11. In Chapter 5, what is the actual name that the host of the party goes by?
(a) Pete Dost.
(b) Ollie Koma.
(c) Larry Clements.
(d) Al Cook.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 6, whom does Pnin invite over for a housewarming party?

3. When does Victor learn of Pnin's existence?

4. When does Victor go to visit Pnin in Chapter 4?

5. At the party in Chapter 5, who is the other man, beside Pnin, that is also considered a youngster?

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