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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) Car.
(c) Airplane.
(d) Boat.
2. IIn Chapter 3, where have the Clementses gone to visit someone?
(a) Alabama.
(b) New York.
(c) An anonymous "Western state."
(d) Nevada.
3. What is Laurence Clements, a fellow professor of Pnin's, most popular course at college?
(a) Studying facial expressions.
(b) Studying body language.
(c) Analyzing handwriting.
(d) Analyzing gestures.
4. What does the professor, who Pnin decides to track down in Chapter 3, teach at the college?
(a) Fine Arts.
(b) Chemistry.
(c) Biology.
(d) Mathematics.
5. What is the name of the college where Pnin is a professor?
(a) Washington.
(b) Waindell.
(c) Walden.
(d) Wagner.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Laurence Clements wife's name?
2. Where was Pnin born?
3. What professor does Pnin decide to track down in Chapter 3?
4. In Chapter 2, Pnin comes downstairs to complain about some annoyances. What does he see a fellow professor doing at the party?
5. Of what language is Pnin a professor?
Short Essay Questions
1. What poem does Pnin discuss with his class in Chapter 3?
2. What word does Pnin look up in the dictionary and why?
3. Where is Pnin a professor at in Chapter 1?
4. How does Laurence Clements feel about Pnin staying in his house?
5. What happens when Pnin calls the Clementses to rent the room in their house?
6. What do Joan and Pnin learn they have in common from their discussion in Chapter 2?
7. How well does Pnin speak English? Describe in detail.
8. What is an example of one of Pnin's less pleasant quirks? Describe in detail.
9. What does Pnin almost encounter when he comes down the stairs during the Clementses' party in Chapter 2?
10. Why has the daughter of Laurence and Joan Clements left home, and what do they now have available?
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