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

4. How are the protagonist's parents' reaction to his desire to get a PhD described?
(a) Happy.
(b) Excited.
(c) Shocked.
(d) Sad.

5. What does Edith do just after arriving at her and Stoner's new apartment?
(a) Cooks.
(b) Cleans it compulsively.
(c) Sleeps.
(d) Sulks on the couch.

6. How old is the protagonist when he decides to go to college?
(a) 19.
(b) 20.
(c) 18.
(d) 22.

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

8. How much money does Edith bring home from her father in Chapter VI?
(a) $4,000.
(b) $10,000.
(c) $2,000.
(d) $6,000.

9. Who is killed during combat in the war while Stoner is in college?
(a) Archer Sloane.
(b) Ed Frye.
(c) David Masters.
(d) Charles Walker.

10. What does the protagonist's first English teacher expose about him in class?
(a) His intelligence.
(b) His insanity.
(c) His ignorance.
(d) His awkwardness.

11. Who does Hollis Lomax remind Stoner of?
(a) His father.
(b) David Masters.
(c) Ed Frye.
(d) Gordon Finch.

12. What is the name of the ship that sinks and causes America to join the war?
(a) The Lusitania.
(b) The Titanic.
(c) The Constantinople.
(d) The Columbiana.

13. What kind of impression does the author note that the protagonist had on the memory of those who knew him?
(a) Minimal.
(b) Unexceptional.
(c) Exceptional.
(d) Hateful.

14. What does Edith do after her and Stoner make love the first time?
(a) Laughs.
(b) Falls asleep.
(c) Cries.
(d) Vomits.

15. How does Edith's father die in the book?
(a) A heart attack.
(b) He is shot.
(c) He commits suicide.
(d) A car wreck.