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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Two.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pnin miss while getting something to eat in Chapter 1?
(a) His connecting train.
(b) His bus.
(c) His taxi.
(d) His connecting flight.

2. Who helps Pnin to salvage his trip in Chapter 1?
(a) A truck driver.
(b) The boat captain.
(c) The flight attendant.
(d) The train conductor.

3. What abstract field does Pnin have no interest of getting into teaching?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Phonetics.
(c) History.
(d) Linguistics.

4. What does Pnin have because the man will not give him his bag back in Chapter 1?
(a) A heart attack.
(b) A seizure.
(c) A stroke.
(d) A nervous break down.

5. What does Pnin use in Chapter 1 that is five years old and, therefore, obsolete?
(a) A schedule.
(b) A list.
(c) A book.
(d) A map.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who helps Pnin to adapt his room at the Clementses' house to his own utility and personality?

2. What is Pnin dependent on using when he reaches the town in Chapter 1?

3. Why was Pnin made to sit in his bed for weeks with nothing to do when he was a child?

4. At the end of chapter 1, what poem does Pnin recall reciting in front of the entire school when he was a child?

5. Of what language is Pnin a professor?

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