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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 6, how many roommates does Pnin have in the house he is renting?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Zero.
(d) One.

2. At Pnin's housewarming party, what guest tells him she has become engaged?
(a) Liza.
(b) Varvara.
(c) Betty Bliss.
(d) Susan.

3. In Chapter 6, how is Pnin feeling about his lack of students this semester?
(a) Happy.
(b) Annoyed.
(c) Sad.
(d) Angry.

4. What is the name of the school that Victor attends?
(a) St. Lucas's.
(b) St. Marcus's.
(c) St. Thomas's.
(d) St. Bart's.

5. In Chapter 6, what do pranksters vandalize in the humanities building?
(a) The bathrooms.
(b) Statues.
(c) Water fountains.
(d) Pnin's classroom.

6. How old are most of the men attending the party in Chapter 5?
(a) Most in their fifties.
(b) Around thirty.
(c) About mid-forties.
(d) Well into their sixties or older.

7. At the party in Chapter 5, after playing the game whom does Pnin talk with?
(a) Gramineev.
(b) Roza Shpolyanski.
(c) Professor Chateau.
(d) Mira Belochkin.

8. At the party in Chapter 5, how old are most of the women?
(a) Mid-thirties.
(b) Fifties.
(c) Sixties.
(d) Forties.

9. Why did Liza decide to send Victor to a particular school in Chapter 4?
(a) She thought it was a nice compromise of science and the atmosphere of the Roman Catholic Church.
(b) She thought it was a nice compromise between modern psychology and the atmosphere of the Greek Catholic Church.
(c) She thought it was a nice compromise of history and the atmosphere of the Lutheran Church.
(d) She thought it was a nice compromise of art and science and had an easy going atmosphere.

10. Pnin does not have tenure yet. How does his position at the college still exist?
(a) By virtue of being attached to the Polish Department.
(b) By virtue of being attached to the French Department.
(c) By virtue of being attached to the German Department.
(d) By virtue of being attached to the Russian Department.

11. What does Victor smell and hear at his school?
(a) Smells of old shoes, snapping of fingers, and laughter of children.
(b) Smells of incense, clanging of bells, and cries of children playing at recess.
(c) Smells of chalk, ringing of whistles, and cries of children wanting to go home.
(d) Smells of peppermint gum, banging of rulers, and whistling of the students.

12. In Chapter 5, why does the artist who Pnin meets not being incredibly social?
(a) He is trying to eat.
(b) He is painting.
(c) She is painting.
(d) She is trying to eat.

13. At the party in Chapter 5, who quickly changes the subject when Bolotov and Pnin begin to argue?
(a) Sophie.
(b) Varvara.
(c) Alena.
(d) Susan.

14. At the end of Chapter 6, what does Pnin drop onto a pile of dishes?
(a) A nutcracker.
(b) A golf ball.
(c) A book.
(d) A hammer.

15. In Chapter 4, who does Pnin now rent a house from?
(a) The Crawford brothers.
(b) The Clements brothers.
(c) The Sheppard brothers.
(d) The Lawerence brothers.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 6, what country is the department head's replacement from?

2. For many years, what language have students not been particularly interested in learning?

3. How are both of Victor's parents described in Chapter 4 as being?

4. Before leaving Pnin's housewarming party, who tells him that he will probably lose his job at the college?

5. In Chapter 6, why there are only a few people at the housewarming party?

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