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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 Victor smell and hear at his school?
(a) Smells of old shoes, snapping of fingers, and laughter of children.
(b) Smells of chalk, ringing of whistles, and cries of children wanting to go home.
(c) Smells of incense, clanging of bells, and cries of children playing at recess.
(d) Smells of peppermint gum, banging of rulers, and whistling of the students.

2. In Chapter 4, who has Liza left Dr. Wind for and is preparing to marry?
(a) A Russian.
(b) An Englishman.
(c) A Frenchman.
(d) An Australian.

3. Pnin does not have tenure yet. How does his position at the college still exist?
(a) By virtue of being attached to the Russian Department.
(b) By virtue of being attached to the Polish Department.
(c) By virtue of being attached to the French Department.
(d) By virtue of being attached to the German Department.

4. At the end of Chapter 6, what is Pnin worried that he broke while cleaning up after the housewarming party?
(a) His mother's priceless china.
(b) A vase from his marriage to Liza.
(c) A beautiful bowl that Victor sent him.
(d) A goblet.

5. What does Victor's art teacher encourage him to do?
(a) Exercise and expand his artistic abilities.
(b) Enter an art competition.
(c) Drop all of his other subjects and concentrate on art.
(d) To find another subject to be interested in.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old are most of the men attending the party in Chapter 5?

2. How does the fall semester at Pnin's college begin?

3. Who runs the school that Victor attends?

4. In Chapter 5, when did the host of the party move to America?

5. At the end of Chapter 6, what does Pnin drop onto a pile of dishes?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the artist that Pnin meets while going for a swim in the lake, and what does Pnin wish after meeting him?

2. What does Hagen tell Pnin before he leaves the party?

3. Who runs St. Bartholomew's? Describe in detail.

4. Why does Liza decide to send Victor to school at St. Bartholomew's?

5. Describe Victor's art teacher, Lake.

6. What is Pnin worried that he might have broken at the end of Chapter 6?

7. What happens to Pnin while traveling to the cabin in Chapter 5?

8. Who are some of the people that Pnin invites to his housewarming party in Chapter 6?

9. What has happened with Dr. Eric Wind and Liza in Chapter 4?

10. Who is the host of the party at the cabin in Chapter 5?

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