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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 5, why do the host of the party and his wife have no children?
(a) The husband is infertile.
(b) The wife had cancer and is now infertile.
(c) The wife is infertile due to some unspecified surgical complication.
(d) They did not want any children.

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

3. In Chapter 6, where has Pnin's friend, who heads the department his job is attached to, accepted a new post at?
(a) Warsaw University.
(b) Samson University.
(c) Waindell College.
(d) Seaboard University.

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

5. Where does Pnin take Victor after picking him up from the train station?
(a) To his home.
(b) To the college.
(c) To dinner.
(d) To a movie.

6. In Chapter 6, who has Pnin found a permanent housing solution from?
(a) Al Cook.
(b) A relative of his old landlords, the Clementses.
(c) Professor Chateau.
(d) A relative of his old landlords, the Sheppards.

7. In Chapter 6, what university does Pnin learn his friend tried to get him a position at?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Warsaw.
(c) Seaboard.
(d) Waindell.

8. In Chapter 5, where is the cabin that Pnin is headed to located?
(a) The Willows.
(b) The Pines.
(c) The Birches.
(d) The Aspens.

9. Why does Pnin not use the detailed directions that were given to him to get to the cabin?
(a) He wants to use his new map.
(b) He doesn't trust the person who gave him the directions.
(c) He decides to forgo them in favor of the advice of a local.
(d) He wants to find the cabin by himself.

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

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

12. At the party in Chapter 5, where does Pnin know the other man who is close to his age from?
(a) University of Berlin.
(b) Warsaw University.
(c) Paris University.
(d) The University of Prague.

13. Victor is happy about the book that Pnin picked out for him. Whom does he mistake its author for?
(a) Ernest Hemmingway.
(b) Dostoevsky.
(c) Jane Austen.
(d) Jack London.

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

15. At the party in Chapter 5, what do the guests have for dinner?
(a) Traditional Polish food.
(b) Traditional Russian food.
(c) Traditional French food.
(d) Traditional German food.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the party in Chapter 5, what book does Pnin end up getting into an argument with Bolotov over?

2. In Chapter 6, who will replace Pnin's friend as department head?

3. Pnin does not have tenure yet. How does his position at the college still exist?

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

5. At the party in Chapter 5, how old are most of the women?

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