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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters IV and V.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Edith's last name in the book?
(a) Frye.
(b) Driscoll.
(c) Bostwick.
(d) Finch.

2. Who argues that war had a tendency to destroy the civilization of learning?
(a) Gordon Finch.
(b) Archer Sloane.
(c) Charles Walker.
(d) Ed Frye.

3. Who offers Stoner a job at the university as a professor?
(a) Katherine Driscoll.
(b) Archer Sloane.
(c) Ed Frye.
(d) Edith Bostwick.

4. What is the name of the child Edith has?
(a) Jane.
(b) Katherine.
(c) Mary.
(d) Grace.

5. How are the protagonist's grades described when he first starts college?
(a) Poor.
(b) Bad.
(c) Good.
(d) Superior.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Edith cancel plans for in order to marry Stoner?

2. What war is beginning in Chapter II?

3. What is the name of the family the protagonist stays with when he first goes to college?

4. What subject does the protagonist teach in college?

5. What does Stoner become fixated on during the war when he is an undergraduate?

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