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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following ways does Stoner's personality not change in Chapter XIV?
(a) Becomes nicer.
(b) More direct with colleagues.
(c) Becomes sharper.
(d) Becomes ruder.

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

3. What kind of setting did the protagonist grow up in?
(a) In a hotel.
(b) In the city.
(c) A farm.
(d) In a neighborhood.

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

5. How does Stoner feel after being offered a professor job at the university?
(a) Sad.
(b) Jovial.
(c) Relieved.
(d) Excited.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Edith and Stoner get married?

2. Who first tells Stoner that he will be enlisting in the war while they are in college?

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

4. How does Stoner begin looking at the value of his life in Chapter XI?

5. What state is the protagonist from?

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