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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) Train.
(b) Boat.
(c) Car.
(d) Airplane.
2. How would Pnin be described when he is drunk?
(a) Mean.
(b) Sad.
(c) Anxious.
(d) Humorous.
3. How does Pnin's class size compare to other classes in the college?
(a) Small.
(b) Large.
(c) Very large.
(d) Average.
4. What does Pnin ask the librarian in Chapter 3?
(a) If he can request a new book.
(b) If he can hang on to the book a while longer.
(c) If they have any more books on the same subject.
(d) If she can tell him who requested the book.
5. After showing his students a film, what does Pnin's student, Betty Bliss, remark that he looks like from the film?
(a) Hitler.
(b) Moses.
(c) Buddha.
(d) George Washington.
Short Answer Questions
1. Before leaving the library in Chapter 3, what word does Pnin look up in the dictionary for its proper pronunciation?
2. How soon after Mrs. Clements tells Pnin he can stay at their house does Pnin arrive?
3. How does Pnin feel about Betty Bliss?
4. Besides teaching his students to speak the language that he teaches, what does Pnin occasionally treat his class to?
5. While on his way to the town in Chapter 1, what is Pnin horrified about the possibility of losing?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do Joan and Pnin learn they have in common from their discussion in Chapter 2?
2. What poem does Pnin discuss with his class in Chapter 3?
3. Why has the daughter of Laurence and Joan Clements left home, and what do they now have available?
4. What does Pnin almost encounter when he comes down the stairs during the Clementses' party in Chapter 2?
5. How does Pnin act when he is drinking? Describe in detail.
6. What subject does Pnin have no desire to teach?
7. How does Laurence Clements feel about Pnin staying in his house?
8. What does Pnin tell Joan about his background in Chapter 2?
9. What word does Pnin look up in the dictionary and why?
10. What happens to Pnin at the bus station that has been happening since he was a child?
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