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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why was Pnin made to sit in his bed for weeks with nothing to do when he was a child?
(a) His parents and doctors were concerned about his lungs.
(b) He hurt his back.
(c) He hurt his head.
(d) His parents and doctors were concerned about his heart.

4. What did Pnin try to do on his own in Chapter 1 rather than take other people's suggestions?
(a) Drive himself to the college.
(b) Find a better route.
(c) Write the perfect speech.
(d) Find the perfect suit.

5. Why can't Pnin get his bag back from the man in Chapter 1?
(a) The man does not understand Pnin's imperfect English.
(b) The man does not like foreign people.
(c) The man has dementia.
(d) The man wants to keep the bag for himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. Like many people from his home country, with what does Pnin have a fascination?

2. While on his way to the town in Chapter 1, what is Pnin horrified about the possibility of losing?

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

4. By what means is Pnin traveling at the beginning of the book?

5. What does Pnin use in Chapter 1 that is five years old and, therefore, obsolete?

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