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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Pnin's class size compare to other classes in the college?
(a) Small.
(b) Very large.
(c) Average.
(d) Large.

3. What is the name of Pnin's friend who heads the department that Pnin's job is attached to?
(a) Professor Kukolnikov.
(b) Professor Chateau.
(c) Professor Clements.
(d) Professor Hagen.

4. What does Victor show a lot of talent in, which for some reason worries his parents?
(a) Culinary talent.
(b) Athletic talent.
(c) Acting talent.
(d) Artistic talent.

5. What happens to Pnin, while he is discussing the poem in Chapter 3, which causes the class to laugh?
(a) He burps.
(b) He drops his glasses.
(c) He trips over a student's leg.
(d) He leans on a chair and falls over when it snaps under his weight.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who helps Pnin to salvage his trip in Chapter 1?

2. Mrs. Clements was in the same city as Pnin in 1919, what was she doing there?

3. In Chapter 5, whom is this type of gathering common among?

4. Why did Liza decide to send Victor to a particular school in Chapter 4?

5. Pnin and Victor had already been corresponding, what does Victor think of Pnin from his letters?

(see the answer key)

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