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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. What subject does the protagonist teach in college?
(a) English.
(b) Science.
(c) Math.
(d) History.
2. Who does the protagonist not tell about his decision to change his course of study in college?
(a) His brother.
(b) His sister.
(c) His friends.
(d) His parents.
3. What does Stoner insist Edith do after they are married that seems to open her up?
(a) Have a baby.
(b) Cook for neighbors.
(c) Build a home.
(d) Entertain guests.
4. What colleague of William's is described as having a bitter and ironic sense of humor?
(a) David Masters.
(b) Archer Sloane.
(c) Gordon Finch.
(d) Hollis Lomax.
5. Who reacts in a fit of rage when Stoner says he may enlist in the war?
(a) Archer Sloane.
(b) Ed Frye.
(c) David Masters.
(d) Hollis Lomax.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who tries to ease Stoner's anxiety when he is getting married?
2. What does news of never penetrate Stoner as it does other students when he is in college?
3. Who first tells Stoner that he will be enlisting in the war while they are in college?
4. Who does Hollis Lomax remind Stoner of?
5. Where do Edith and Stoner go on their honeymoon?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is William and Edith's first night together as a married couple described?
2. How does Edith act just after her and William are married?
3. How is Hollis Lomax first described in the book?
4. How is William's experience in his first English class described?
5. How is William's early life on his family farm described for the first time in the book?
6. Describe Edith's outburst during dinner with Finch and his fiancée in Chapter V.
7. How does Sloane react when William suggests enlisting in WWI?
8. Why does talk of WWI not penetrate William as it did other students when it begins?
9. Why does William's father want him to study agriculture in college?
10. How do William's parents react when he tells them his plans to obtain a PhD in English?
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