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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Pnin decide to track down a certain professor in Chapter 3?
(a) He wants ask him a question about his lecture.
(b) He wants to know whether he is the one who has requested his library book.
(c) He is angry that he requested his library book.
(d) He wants to see if he wants to go get lunch.

2. At the party in Chapter 5, who is the other man, beside Pnin, that is also considered a youngster?
(a) Oleg Komarov.
(b) Eric Wind.
(c) Laurence Clements.
(d) Professor Chateau.

3. When does Victor learn of Pnin's existence?
(a) He found a letter that Pnin had written his mother two years before.
(b) Not until his parent's marriage has dissolved.
(c) When he is a little boy.
(d) He found his mom and Pnin's wedding picture the year before.

4. What is the title of the book that Pnin is asked to bring back to the library in Chapter 3?
(a) The Russian Revolution, Volume 2.
(b) The Soviet Gold Fund of Literature, Volume 18.
(c) The Switzerland Gold Rush, Volume 16.
(d) The Encyclopedia Britannica, Volume 18.

5. Why is Pnin traveling at the book opens?
(a) To take a test.
(b) To perform in a play.
(c) To deliver a lecture.
(d) To audit a class.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Laurence Clements, a fellow professor of Pnin's, most popular course at college?

2. In Chapter 4, what does Pnin buy Victor in preparation for his visit?

3. How is Victor's art teacher described in Chapter 4?

4. At the end of chapter 1, what poem does Pnin recall reciting in front of the entire school when he was a child?

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

(see the answer key)

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