View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XIII and XIV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Stoner say he has no feelings of in regards to the war?
(a) Acceptance.
(b) Politics.
(c) Pride.
(d) Patriotism.

2. What is the name of the graduate student Stoner meets with at the beginning of Chapter IX?
(a) Katherine Driscoll.
(b) David Masters.
(c) Ed Frye.
(d) Charles Walker.

3. What kind of impression does the author note that the protagonist had on the memory of those who knew him?
(a) Unexceptional.
(b) Exceptional.
(c) Hateful.
(d) Minimal.

4. What colleague of William's is described as having a bitter and ironic sense of humor?
(a) Hollis Lomax.
(b) David Masters.
(c) Gordon Finch.
(d) Archer Sloane.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Stoner certain of regarding Katherine when he realizes he has feelings for her?

2. Who puzzles over Lomax's devotion to Walker in Chapter X?

3. How is Stoner and Katherine's affair described at the beginning of Chapter XIII?

4. How does Edith's mood change after their wedding on their way to their hotel?

5. What program does the protagonist originally go to college to study?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 223 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample