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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. In Chapter 5, why do the host of the party and his wife have no children?
(a) The wife had cancer and is now infertile.
(b) The wife is infertile due to some unspecified surgical complication.
(c) The husband is infertile.
(d) They did not want any children.

2. How is Victor's art teacher described in Chapter 4?
(a) Conventional.
(b) Mean.
(c) Annoying.
(d) Unconventional.

3. How old are most of the men attending the party in Chapter 5?
(a) About mid-forties.
(b) Well into their sixties or older.
(c) Around thirty.
(d) Most in their fifties.

4. What is the name of the school that Victor attends?
(a) St. Marcus's.
(b) St. Lucas's.
(c) St. Thomas's.
(d) St. Bart's.

5. At the party in Chapter 5, after playing the game whom does Pnin talk with?
(a) Roza Shpolyanski.
(b) Professor Chateau.
(c) Mira Belochkin.
(d) Gramineev.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Victor show a lot of talent in, which for some reason worries his parents?

2. At the party in Chapter 5, what do the guests have for dinner?

3. In Chapter 5, whom does Pnin wish could have been there to meet the artist at the party?

4. At the party in Chapter 5, what book does Pnin end up getting into an argument with Bolotov over?

5. At the party in Chapter 5, how old are most of the women?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the ages of the men and women who are at the party in comparison to Pnin?

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

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

4. Who are a few of the people who are attending the party in Chapter 5 with whom Pnin is acquainted?

5. What are a few examples of what the students at Waindell College do at the beginning of every year?

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

7. What do Roza Shpolyanski and Pnin talk about at the party in Chapter 5?

8. Why is Pnin somewhat sad after visiting with Betty Bliss?

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

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

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