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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters II and III.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the city the protagonist's college is in?
(a) Pittsburgh.
(b) Columbia.
(c) St. Paul.
(d) Charleston.

2. What is the name of the book's author?
(a) Charles Dickens.
(b) John Williams.
(c) C.S. Lewis.
(d) Dan Brown.

3. Who encourages the protagonist to get his PhD?
(a) Hollis Lomax.
(b) Ed Frye.
(c) Archer Sloane.
(d) David Masters.

4. What subject does the protagonist teach in college?
(a) Science.
(b) English.
(c) Math.
(d) History.

5. Who offers Stoner a job at the university as a professor?
(a) Ed Frye.
(b) Archer Sloane.
(c) Edith Bostwick.
(d) Katherine Driscoll.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Stoner become fixated on during the war when he is an undergraduate?

2. What does the protagonist decide to study after changing from his original subject in college?

3. What does Stoner say he has no feelings of in regards to the war?

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

5. Who originally informs the protagonist about a new college program that he decides to partake in?

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