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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Two.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where did Pnin meet his wife Liza?
(a) America.
(b) Paris.
(c) Russia.
(d) France.
2. Of what language is Pnin a professor?
(a) Polish.
(b) German.
(c) Russian.
(d) French.
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) His parents and doctors were concerned about his heart.
(c) He hurt his back.
(d) He hurt his head.
4. What abstract field does Pnin have no interest of getting into teaching?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Phonetics.
(c) History.
(d) Linguistics.
5. At the beginning of Chapter 1, to what town is Pnin headed?
(a) Cambridge.
(b) Cremona.
(c) Canton.
(d) Concord.
Short Answer Questions
1. How would Pnin's laugh be described?
2. Who stayed in the room before Pnin at the Clementses' house?
3. By what means is Pnin traveling at the beginning of the book?
4. While on his way to the town in Chapter 1, what is Pnin horrified about the possibility of losing?
5. Why doesn't Laurence want Pnin to stay in his house?
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