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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Victor learn of Pnin's existence?
(a) He found his mom and Pnin's wedding picture the year before.
(b) When he is a little boy.
(c) He found a letter that Pnin had written his mother two years before.
(d) Not until his parent's marriage has dissolved.

2. At the party in Chapter 5, what do the guests have for dinner?
(a) Traditional Russian food.
(b) Traditional Polish food.
(c) Traditional French food.
(d) Traditional German food.

3. What city did Pnin end up in 1919?
(a) London.
(b) Athens.
(c) Paris.
(d) Constantinople.

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

5. What is the name of the college where Pnin is a professor?
(a) Waindell.
(b) Wagner.
(c) Washington.
(d) Walden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of the book that Pnin is asked to bring back to the library in Chapter 3?

2. In Chapter 6, who will replace Pnin's friend as department head?

3. At the party in Chapter 5, who quickly changes the subject when Bolotov and Pnin begin to argue?

4. Pnin and Victor had already been corresponding, what does Victor think of Pnin from his letters?

5. What is Laurence Clements wife's name?

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