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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XI and XII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Edith lie in bed waiting for Stoner for hours in Chapter V?
(a) Heavily clothes.
(b) Clenched in a ball.
(c) Naked.
(d) Sedated.

2. Who begins taking care of Edith when she has her first breakdown during their marriage?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her aunt.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her father.

3. What does Stoner's student who audits his seminar present her final presentation on in Chapter IX?
(a) The Sonnet.
(b) Renaissance Latin literature.
(c) Petrarch.
(d) Donatus on Shakespeare.

4. How does Edith's mood change after their wedding on their way to their hotel?
(a) It worsens.
(b) It lightens.
(c) She becomes silent.
(d) She won't stop crying.

5. Who tries to ease Stoner's anxiety when he is getting married?
(a) Katherine Driscoll.
(b) Gordon Finch.
(c) David Masters.
(d) Archer Sloane.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Walker react to Stoner when he is threatened to be failed in his seminar?

3. What is the name of the graduate student Stoner meets with at the beginning of Chapter IX?

4. How does Edith act around Stoner when others are present?

5. What does Edith begin remodeling Stoner's basement study as after her father's death?

(see the answer key)

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