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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. By what means is Pnin traveling at the beginning of the book?
(a) Airplane.
(b) Train.
(c) Boat.
(d) Car.
2. What is Pnin dependent on using when he reaches the town in Chapter 1?
(a) A prepared text.
(b) His inhaler.
(c) A dictionary.
(d) His lap top.
3. What does the librarian tell Pnin in Chapter 3 that he refuses to take any responsibility for?
(a) Pnin refuses to pay his late fee.
(b) Pnin discovers that he is the one who requested the book.
(c) Pnin is adamant that he did not rip one of the pages in the book.
(d) Pnin is adamant that he did not cause water damage to the book.
4. What does Pnin have because the man will not give him his bag back in Chapter 1?
(a) A stroke.
(b) A seizure.
(c) A nervous break down.
(d) A heart attack.
5. What does Pnin miss while getting something to eat in Chapter 1?
(a) His bus.
(b) His connecting train.
(c) His taxi.
(d) His connecting flight.
Short Answer Questions
1. How would Pnin's laugh be described?
2. Why doesn't Laurence want Pnin to stay in his house?
3. Like many people from his home country, with what does Pnin have a fascination?
4. How would Pnin's English be described?
5. Where is Pnin's office located at the college?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens to Pnin at the bus station that has been happening since he was a child?
2. What procedure does Pnin have done in Chapter 2 that leaves him very pleased?
3. What does Pnin discover from the librarian that is surprising to him in Chapter 3?
4. How does Laurence Clements feel about Pnin staying in his house?
5. Where is Pnin headed at the beginning of Chapter 1?
6. What does Pnin almost encounter when he comes down the stairs during the Clementses' party in Chapter 2?
7. How well does Pnin speak English? Describe in detail.
8. What word does Pnin look up in the dictionary and why?
9. Why is Pnin so horrified at the possibility of losing his suitcase in Chapter 1?
10. What is an example of one of Pnin's less pleasant quirks? Describe in detail.
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