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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is Pnin's first name?
(a) Patrick.
(b) Fredrick.
(c) Timofey.
(d) Alfred.
2. Where was Pnin born?
(a) France.
(b) Germany.
(c) Poland.
(d) Russia.
3. Why did Liza pretend that she wanted to be back with Pnin even though she was carrying Dr. Wind's child?
(a) She wanted Pnin to pay for the medical bills.
(b) She wanted to hurt Pnin.
(c) She wanted Pnin to buy her a house.
(d) She was using Pnin to help pay for her passage to the U.S.
4. Like many people from his home country, with what does Pnin have a fascination?
(a) Complicated mathematic problems.
(b) American customs.
(c) Different languages.
(d) Complicated maps, tables, and schedules that are used to navigate train systems.
5. In Chapter 3, how does Pnin feel about having to bring the book back to the library?
(a) Frustrated.
(b) Fine.
(c) Angry.
(d) Sad.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why is Pnin traveling at the book opens?
2. After leaving the library in Chapter 3, what does Pnin decide to do for the night?
3. Who helps Pnin to salvage his trip in Chapter 1?
4. What is Laurence Clements wife's name?
5. What happens to Pnin, while he is discussing the poem in Chapter 3, which causes the class to laugh?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Pnin's fellow professor, Oleg Komarov.
2. What happens to Pnin at the bus station that has been happening since he was a child?
3. Where is Pnin headed at the beginning of Chapter 1?
4. What do Joan and Pnin learn they have in common from their discussion in Chapter 2?
5. Why has the daughter of Laurence and Joan Clements left home, and what do they now have available?
6. What does Pnin tell Joan about his background in Chapter 2?
7. What word does Pnin look up in the dictionary and why?
8. What poem does Pnin discuss with his class in Chapter 3?
9. What procedure does Pnin have done in Chapter 2 that leaves him very pleased?
10. What subject does Pnin have no desire to teach?
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