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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters IV and V.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Edith inform Stoner she wants that surprises him in Chapter V?
(a) A new home.
(b) A baby.
(c) A job.
(d) A divorce.

2. What does the protagonist's first English teacher expose about him in class?
(a) His intelligence.
(b) His ignorance.
(c) His awkwardness.
(d) His insanity.

3. What does Edith do just after arriving at her and Stoner's new apartment?
(a) Cleans it compulsively.
(b) Cooks.
(c) Sulks on the couch.
(d) Sleeps.

4. What is the name of the ship that sinks and causes America to join the war?
(a) The Lusitania.
(b) The Titanic.
(c) The Columbiana.
(d) The Constantinople.

5. Where is Edith from in the book?
(a) Boston.
(b) St. Louis.
(c) New York.
(d) Nashville.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who views the University as a center for knowledge and enlightenment?

3. What kind of impression does the author note that the protagonist had on the memory of those who knew him?

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

5. Where do Edith and Stoner get married?

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