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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. Why is Pnin traveling at the book opens?
(a) To take a test.
(b) To deliver a lecture.
(c) To audit a class.
(d) To perform in a play.

2. What does Pnin call World War II?
(a) "German War."
(b) "Hitler War."
(c) "Satan's War."
(d) "Jewish War."

3. How would Pnin's laugh be described?
(a) Screeching.
(b) Obnoxious.
(c) Infectious.
(d) Annoying.

4. After showing his students a film, what does Pnin's student, Betty Bliss, remark that he looks like from the film?
(a) Moses.
(b) George Washington.
(c) Hitler.
(d) Buddha.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pnin recommend Laurence get, telling him he will not regret it?

2. How does Mrs. Clements react to Laurence not wanting Pnin to stay in their house?

3. What does Pnin not realize while he is traveling in Chapter 1?

4. Before leaving the library in Chapter 3, what word does Pnin look up in the dictionary for its proper pronunciation?

5. How does Mrs. Clements seem to feel about what Pnin puts in her washing machine?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Pnin meet and marry Liza?

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

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

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

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

8. How does Pnin act when he is drinking? Describe in detail.

9. What do Joan and Pnin learn they have in common from their discussion in Chapter 2?

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

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