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

2. What role does Stoner consistently find himself happiest in?
(a) Worker.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Student.
(d) Slacker.

3. Who tries to ease Stoner's anxiety when he is getting married?
(a) David Masters.
(b) Archer Sloane.
(c) Katherine Driscoll.
(d) Gordon Finch.

4. Where does Stoner sleep on his first night with Edith after they're married?
(a) The couch.
(b) In the guest room.
(c) In the bed with Edith.
(d) On the floor.

5. What kind of impression does the author note that the protagonist had on the memory of those who knew him?
(a) Hateful.
(b) Unexceptional.
(c) Minimal.
(d) Exceptional.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Edith and Stoner get married?

2. What does Edith do just after arriving at her and Stoner's new apartment?

3. Who argues that war had a tendency to destroy the civilization of learning?

4. What is the name of the new assistant professor hired after Sloane's death?

5. Who views the University as a center for knowledge and enlightenment?

(see the answer key)

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