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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. Who helps Pnin to salvage his trip in Chapter 1?
(a) The train conductor.
(b) The boat captain.
(c) The flight attendant.
(d) A truck driver.

2. What does the professor, who Pnin decides to track down in Chapter 3, teach at the college?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Fine Arts.
(c) Chemistry.
(d) Biology.

3. How old was Pnin when he left his home country?
(a) 21.
(b) 19.
(c) 25.
(d) 18.

4. What country did Pnin leave right before coming to America?
(a) Poland.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) France.
(d) Germany.

5. How does Pnin feel about Betty Bliss?
(a) He dislikes her.
(b) She makes him nervous.
(c) He has a crush on her.
(d) She annoys him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mrs. Clements was in the same city as Pnin in 1919, what was she doing there?

2. In Chapter 3, up until this point in his life, what has Pnin always been?

3. Where was Pnin born?

4. What does Pnin call World War II?

5. What does Pnin lose while he looks up the proper pronunciation of a word in the dictionary?

Short Essay Questions

1. What word does Pnin look up in the dictionary and why?

2. What poem does Pnin discuss with his class in Chapter 3?

3. How does Laurence Clements feel about Pnin staying in his house?

4. What does Pnin have a fascination with, like many Russians, that gets him lost?

5. What happens when Pnin tries to get his suitcase back from the man at the station in Chapter 1?

6. Why is Pnin so horrified at the possibility of losing his suitcase in Chapter 1?

7. What happens when Pnin calls the Clementses to rent the room in their house?

8. What procedure does Pnin have done in Chapter 2 that leaves him very pleased?

9. Describe Pnin's fellow professor, Oleg Komarov.

10. What does Pnin discover from the librarian that is surprising to him in Chapter 3?

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