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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. Who sees the University as a kind of asylum to protect people too useless to survive the world?
(a) Hollis Lomax.
(b) Katherine Driscoll.
(c) David Masters.
(d) Edith Bostwick.

2. Who originally informs the protagonist about a new college program that he decides to partake in?
(a) His sister.
(b) His father.
(c) His brother.
(d) His mother.

3. Who views the University as a center for knowledge and enlightenment?
(a) William Stoner.
(b) David Masters.
(c) Archer Sloane.
(d) Hollis Lomax.

4. Who argues that war had a tendency to destroy the civilization of learning?
(a) Charles Walker.
(b) Ed Frye.
(c) Archer Sloane.
(d) Gordon Finch.

5. What can the protagonist's parents not do about his decision to get a PhD?
(a) Support.
(b) Understand.
(c) Accept.
(d) Believe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is killed during combat in the war while Stoner is in college?

2. What is the name of Stoner's friend who is a mediocre intellect who is in the English department out of convenience?

3. What kind of work does the protagonist spend most of his childhood dedicated to?

4. Where do Stoner and his two college friends have their weekly meetings?

5. What kind of setting did the protagonist grow up in?

(see the answer key)

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