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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Pnin learns that one of his guests at his party is engaged, what does he wish?
(a) That he might have once courted her.
(b) That he will never have to be married again.
(c) That he could be married too.
(d) That he was still with Liza.

2. For many years, what language have students not been particularly interested in learning?
(a) Polish.
(b) German.
(c) Russian.
(d) French.

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

4. In Chapter 6, whom does Pnin invite over for a housewarming party?
(a) Hagen, the Clementses, Betty Bliss, and the Thayers.
(b) The Thayers, Gramineev, Varvara, and the Shpolyanskis.
(c) Betty Bliss, Al Cook, Varvara, and Hagen.
(d) Professor Chateau, Al Cook, Susan, and the Clementses.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, where is the cabin that Pnin is headed to located?

2. In Chapter 6, who has Pnin found a permanent housing solution from?

3. At Pnin's housewarming party, what guest tells him she has become engaged?

4. In Chapter 5, whom does Pnin wish could have been there to meet the artist at the party?

5. In Chapter 5, why do the host of the party and his wife have no children?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the ages of the men and women who are at the party in comparison to Pnin?

2. Who is Al Cook's wife and why do they not have children?

3. Who runs St. Bartholomew's? Describe in detail.

4. How popular are Pnin's classes and how stable is his teaching position?

5. Who are a few of the people who are attending the party in Chapter 5 with whom Pnin is acquainted?

6. Why does Liza decide to send Victor to school at St. Bartholomew's?

7. What does Pnin give to Victor during their first meeting?

8. What is Pnin worried that he might have broken at the end of Chapter 6?

9. Describe Victor's art teacher, Lake.

10. What are a few examples of what the students at Waindell College do at the beginning of every year?

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