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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters IV and V.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the protagonist's first English teacher expose about him in class?
(a) His ignorance.
(b) His insanity.
(c) His awkwardness.
(d) His intelligence.

3. What state is the protagonist from?
(a) Alabama.
(b) Missouri.
(c) Connecticut.
(d) Massachusetts.

4. What does Stoner do with his doctoral thesis when it is finished?
(a) Publishes it in a magazine.
(b) Makes it into a book.
(c) Burns it.
(d) Nothing.

5. What does the protagonist do during his summers in college?
(a) Runs a bookstore.
(b) Studies in a library.
(c) Sells lemonade.
(d) Works on the farm.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Stoner find as an outlet for love and affection in Chapter V?

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

3. How does Stoner feel after being offered a professor job at the university?

4. What does Stoner insist Edith do after they are married that seems to open her up?

5. Who sees the University as a kind of asylum to protect people too useless to survive the world?

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