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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. How does Stoner feel after being offered a professor job at the university?
(a) Relieved.
(b) Sad.
(c) Excited.
(d) Jovial.

2. What kind of work does the protagonist spend most of his childhood dedicated to?
(a) Writing.
(b) Farming.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Singing.

3. What does news of never penetrate Stoner as it does other students when he is in college?
(a) Popularity.
(b) Parties.
(c) The war.
(d) Politics.

4. Who does Stoner find as an outlet for love and affection in Chapter V?
(a) Jane.
(b) Katherine.
(c) Grace.
(d) Barbara.

5. Who reacts in a fit of rage when Stoner says he may enlist in the war?
(a) David Masters.
(b) Archer Sloane.
(c) Ed Frye.
(d) Hollis Lomax.

Short Answer Questions

1. What program does the protagonist originally go to college to study?

2. What day of the week does Stoner have a meeting with his two college friends?

3. What does the protagonist do during his summers in college?

4. How are the protagonist's parents' reaction to his desire to get a PhD described?

5. Who argues that war had a tendency to destroy the civilization of learning?

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