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

2. What is the name of the protagonist's first English teacher?
(a) Gordon Finch.
(b) Hollis Lomax.
(c) Archer Sloane.
(d) David Masters.

3. What is the name of the book's author?
(a) Charles Dickens.
(b) Dan Brown.
(c) C.S. Lewis.
(d) John Williams.

4. How does Edith's mood change after their wedding on their way to their hotel?
(a) It lightens.
(b) She won't stop crying.
(c) She becomes silent.
(d) It worsens.

5. What can the protagonist's parents not do about his decision to get a PhD?
(a) Understand.
(b) Believe.
(c) Accept.
(d) Support.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does Edith bring home from her father in Chapter VI?

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

3. How does Edith's father die in the book?

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

5. Where did Edith cancel plans for in order to marry Stoner?

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