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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Besides teaching his students to speak the language that he teaches, what does Pnin occasionally treat his class to?
(a) French history or literature.
(b) Polish history or literature.
(c) German history or literature.
(d) Russian history or literature.

2. How would Pnin's English be described?
(a) Greatly improved.
(b) Okay.
(c) Perfectly fluent.
(d) Very poor.

3. In Chapter 3, which poet's poem does Pnin discuss concerning the uncertainty of death?
(a) Brodsky.
(b) Pasternak.
(c) Mayakovsky.
(d) Pushkin.

4. What does Laurence learn from Pnin, in Chapter 2, that helps to change how he feels about him?
(a) French facial expressions.
(b) Russian gestures.
(c) Swedish body language.
(d) Polish gestures.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the woman who introduces Pnin at the seminar?

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

3. How serious is Pnin's condition?

4. Whom does Pnin ask for the first time he calls to rent a room in Chapter 2?

5. Why doesn't Laurence want Pnin to stay in his house?

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