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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 does Stoner say when Finch asks him if he wants to be the new director of the English department?
(a) He accepts.
(b) He doesn't want the job.
(c) He laughs.
(d) He asks for time to think.

2. What does Katherine wish for Stoner to do for her when she visits him in Chapter XII?
(a) Hire her as an assistant.
(b) Help her with a paper.
(c) Read her dissertation.
(d) Date her.

3. What does Stoner refuse to let anyone do during his questioning of Walker in his oral examination?
(a) Talk.
(b) Breathe.
(c) Interrupt.
(d) Laugh.

4. Who is not present at Walker's oral examination?
(a) Lomax.
(b) Finch.
(c) Holland.
(d) Frye.

5. Who is described as being only a little annoyed by Katherine and Stoner's relationship?
(a) Katherine's husband.
(b) Edith.
(c) Grace.
(d) Lomax.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who puzzles over Lomax's devotion to Walker in Chapter X?

2. Who does the author note a change in at the beginning of Chapter VIII?

3. Who does Edith begin using against Stoner after her father's death?

4. How does Stoner describe his classes after Lomax takes over the English department?

5. How does Edith buy new clothes after her father's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does William's relationship with Katherine end?

2. How is William able to get his preferred class schedule back from Lomax in Chapter XIV?

3. How does Charles Walker arrive to his first class with William?

4. How does Finch try and help William not lose his job over his affair with Katherine?

5. How is William and Katherine's affair described at the beginning of Chapter XIII?

6. How does Edith's social life change after her father's death?

7. How does Edith cause Grace to not be able to spend time with William as a child?

8. How does William find ways to see Katherine after he reviewed her dissertation?

9. How is William's first meeting with Charles Walker described?

10. How does William's teaching schedule change after Lomax is appointed chair of the English department?

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