Stoner Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

John Williams
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 108 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Stoner Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

John Williams
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 108 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Stoner's friend who is a mediocre intellect who is in the English department out of convenience?

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

3. What does Stoner insist Edith do after they are married that seems to open her up?

4. Where does Edith take Grace for a week for the first time alone with her?

5. Who does Hollis Lomax remind Stoner of?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Edith's outburst during dinner with Finch and his fiancée in Chapter V.

2. How is Edith and William's relationship described when they return from their honeymoon?

3. How does Sloane react when William suggests enlisting in WWI?

4. How does Edith act just after her and William are married?

5. How is William's experience in his first English class described?

6. Why does William's father want him to study agriculture in college?

7. How is William and Edith's first time making love described?

8. How has Edith changed when she returns home from her father's funeral?

9. How is William described just before his wedding to Edith?

10. How is William's first meeting with Edith's parents described?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the concept of teaching that is portrayed in the book through characters like Archer Sloane and William Stoner. How do these characters' teaching styles evolve over the course of the book and what motivates these changes?

Essay Topic 2

The theme of family is one presented several times throughout the book. Part 1.) What kind of relationship did William have with his parents and what impact did this relationship have on his actions later in life? Part 2.) How is Edith's view of family flawed due to her experiences with her family growing up? Part 3.) Considering William and Edith's family lives, how does their creation of their own family appear somewhat ironic and why is this significant?

Essay Topic 3

In the first part of the book we are given a summary of the protagonist's life, but by the end we realize he was much more complex than originally portrayed. Part 1.) Why do you think the author chose to summarize William's life at the beginning of the book, what was he trying to portray using this method? Part 2.) How might the author hope summarizing would bring the reader in more deeply to William's situation and was he successful at this? Part 3.) Was William's life as uneventful as suggested in the summary of his life at the beginning of the book or was there much more complexity than originally portrayed?

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