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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 heart.
(b) He hurt his back.
(c) His parents and doctors were concerned about his lungs.
(d) He hurt his head.

2. At the end of chapter 1, what poem does Pnin recall reciting in front of the entire school when he was a child?
(a) Pushkin's poems.
(b) Pasternak's poems.
(c) Mayakovsky's poems.
(d) Brodsky's poems.

3. How does Pnin finally end up getting to the town in Chapter 1?
(a) He gets a ride with a group of men.
(b) He gets a ride from his brother.
(c) He gets a ride with a young couple.
(d) He gets a ride with a group of women.

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

5. Where does Pnin make his first stop in Chapter 1 while traveling?
(a) Walbrook.
(b) Westwood.
(c) Williamsburg.
(d) Whitchurch.

Short Answer Questions

1. How serious is Pnin's condition?

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

3. Who helps Pnin to salvage his trip in Chapter 1?

4. Why is Pnin traveling at the book opens?

5. What abstract field does Pnin have no interest of getting into teaching?

(see the answer key)

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