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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 does Hollis Lomax remind Stoner of?
(a) Gordon Finch.
(b) David Masters.
(c) Ed Frye.
(d) His father.

2. Who begins taking care of Edith when she has her first breakdown during their marriage?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her aunt.
(d) Her sister.

3. What does Edith do after her and Stoner make love the first time?
(a) Laughs.
(b) Cries.
(c) Falls asleep.
(d) Vomits.

4. What is the name of the protagonist of the book?
(a) Hollis Lomax.
(b) Gordon Finch.
(c) Ed Frye.
(d) William Stoner.

5. What kind of setting did the protagonist grow up in?
(a) A farm.
(b) In a hotel.
(c) In a neighborhood.
(d) In the city.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What day of the week does Stoner have a meeting with his two college friends?

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

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

5. Who dies at the beginning of Chapter VII?

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