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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters VI and VII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are the protagonist's attempts at telling his parents he is getting a PhD described?
(a) Serious.
(b) Open.
(c) Futile.
(d) Detailed.

2. Where does Edith travel to after her father's death?
(a) St. Louis.
(b) Chicago.
(c) New York.
(d) Boston.

3. What does Edith do just after her and Stoner are married?
(a) Disappears.
(b) Laughs.
(c) Cries.
(d) Locks herself in a bathroom.

4. Who reacts in a fit of rage when Stoner says he may enlist in the war?
(a) Archer Sloane.
(b) David Masters.
(c) Hollis Lomax.
(d) Ed Frye.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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 war is beginning in Chapter II?

4. Who begins taking care of Edith when she has her first breakdown during their marriage?

5. What is Edith too tired for on her and Stoner's wedding night?

(see the answer key)

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