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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 does news of never penetrate Stoner as it does other students when he is in college?
(a) Parties.
(b) Popularity.
(c) The war.
(d) Politics.

2. What does the protagonist decide to study after changing from his original subject in college?
(a) Math.
(b) English.
(c) Biology.
(d) History.

3. How does Edith tell Stoner she will answer his marriage proposal?
(a) In a letter.
(b) Over the phone.
(c) In person.
(d) Through a friend.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What state is the protagonist from?

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

3. What subject does the protagonist teach in college?

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

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

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