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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of Victor's art teacher?
(a) River.
(b) Brook.
(c) Ocean.
(d) Lake.

3. In Chapter 7, what does Pnin do with the offer that the narrator extends to him?
(a) He accepts it.
(b) He is too embarrassed and runs away giving no answer.
(c) He declines it.
(d) He gets angry and refuses it.

4. At the beginning of Chapter 1, to what town is Pnin headed?
(a) Canton.
(b) Cambridge.
(c) Concord.
(d) Cremona.

5. In Chapter, Bolotov is also at the party. What is the name of his wife?
(a) Varvara.
(b) Sophie.
(c) Tatyana.
(d) Alena.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where does Pnin make his first stop in Chapter 1 while traveling?

4. At the party in Chapter 5, what type of game do the guests play after dinner?

5. What is the name of Pnin's friend who heads the department that Pnin's job is attached to?

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