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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. Who first tells Stoner that he will be enlisting in the war while they are in college?
(a) David Masters.
(b) Archer Sloane.
(c) Hollis Lomax.
(d) Gordon Finch.

2. What does Stoner insist Edith do after they are married that seems to open her up?
(a) Cook for neighbors.
(b) Build a home.
(c) Entertain guests.
(d) Have a baby.

3. How old is the protagonist when he decides to go to college?
(a) 22.
(b) 19.
(c) 18.
(d) 20.

4. Where do Stoner and his two college friends have their weekly meetings?
(a) The library.
(b) A local pub.
(c) In a park.
(d) A restaurant.

5. What does Stoner do with his doctoral thesis when it is finished?
(a) Makes it into a book.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Burns it.
(d) Publishes it in a magazine.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who sees the University as a kind of asylum to protect people too useless to survive the world?

3. What role does Stoner consistently find himself happiest in?

4. What does the protagonist's first English teacher expose about him in class?

5. What kind of reaction does Katherine give Stoner after giving her presentation in his class?

(see the answer key)

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