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

2. What happens to Pnin, while he is discussing the poem in Chapter 3, which causes the class to laugh?
(a) He drops his glasses.
(b) He leans on a chair and falls over when it snaps under his weight.
(c) He trips over a student's leg.
(d) He burps.

3. Who helps Pnin to adapt his room at the Clementses' house to his own utility and personality?
(a) Laurence.
(b) His brother.
(c) One of his students.
(d) Mrs. Clement.

4. What does Pnin lose while he looks up the proper pronunciation of a word in the dictionary?
(a) His index card with his research on it.
(b) His wallet.
(c) One of his student's research papers.
(d) His bookmark.

5. What is the title of the book that Pnin is asked to bring back to the library in Chapter 3?
(a) The Switzerland Gold Rush, Volume 16.
(b) The Soviet Gold Fund of Literature, Volume 18.
(c) The Encyclopedia Britannica, Volume 18.
(d) The Russian Revolution, Volume 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Pnin made to sit in his bed for weeks with nothing to do when he was a child?

2. What does Pnin use in Chapter 1 that is five years old and, therefore, obsolete?

3. As a teacher, how would Pnin be described?

4. How long does Pnin usually stay at the places he rents?

5. Why is Pnin traveling at the book opens?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Liza use Pnin to get to America?

2. How well does Pnin speak English? Describe in detail.

3. What does Pnin almost encounter when he comes down the stairs during the Clementses' party in Chapter 2?

4. Why has the daughter of Laurence and Joan Clements left home, and what do they now have available?

5. What subject does Pnin have no desire to teach?

6. Why has Pnin always been a constant mover?

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

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

9. What does the library request of Pnin in Chapter 3?

10. Why does Pnin seek out Oleg Komarov in Chapter 3?

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