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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters VIII and IX.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years does the protagonist study his new subject in college?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

2. How are the protagonist's grades described when he first starts college?
(a) Good.
(b) Bad.
(c) Poor.
(d) Superior.

3. Who attacks Katherine's presentation in Stoner's seminar?
(a) Hollis Lomax.
(b) Ed Frye.
(c) Charles Walker.
(d) William Stoner.

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

5. What does Stoner believe Edith comes home to do at the end of Chapter VII?
(a) Make war.
(b) Leave him.
(c) Have more children.
(d) Kill him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Hollis Lomax remind Stoner of?

3. How are the protagonist's parents' reaction to his desire to get a PhD described?

4. Where does Stoner sleep on his first night with Edith after they're married?

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

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