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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Three.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Pnin ask the librarian in Chapter 3?
(a) If he can request a new book.
(b) If they have any more books on the same subject.
(c) If he can hang on to the book a while longer.
(d) If she can tell him who requested the book.
2. IIn Chapter 3, where have the Clementses gone to visit someone?
(a) An anonymous "Western state."
(b) Nevada.
(c) Alabama.
(d) New York.
3. What is Laurence Clements wife's name?
(a) Joan.
(b) Judith.
(c) Janis.
(d) Jane.
4. What does the professor, who Pnin decides to track down in Chapter 3, teach at the college?
(a) Chemistry.
(b) Fine Arts.
(c) Biology.
(d) Mathematics.
5. Like many people from his home country, with what does Pnin have a fascination?
(a) Complicated maps, tables, and schedules that are used to navigate train systems.
(b) Complicated mathematic problems.
(c) American customs.
(d) Different languages.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why was Pnin made to sit in his bed for weeks with nothing to do when he was a child?
2. At the end of chapter 1, what poem does Pnin recall reciting in front of the entire school when he was a child?
3. What is the name of the librarian at Pnin's college?
4. What brings Pnin to tears at the end of Chapter 3?
5. In Chapter 2, whom does Mrs. Clements invite Pnin to meet which he declines?
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