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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the woman who introduces Pnin at the seminar?
(a) Jane Corrinth.
(b) Janelle Cummings.
(c) Judith Clyde.
(d) Janis Clements.

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

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

4. How soon after Mrs. Clements tells Pnin he can stay at their house does Pnin arrive?
(a) Ten minutes later.
(b) A half hour later.
(c) A day later.
(d) Two hours later.

5. How would Pnin be described when he is drunk?
(a) Mean.
(b) Sad.
(c) Humorous.
(d) Anxious.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 2, Pnin comes downstairs to complain about some annoyances. What does he see a fellow professor doing at the party?

3. How would Pnin's English be described?

4. Whom does Mrs. Clements tell she is looking to rent out her room?

5. What happened right before Pnin left his home country?

(see the answer key)

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