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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter X.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Walker's committee decide about his fate after his oral examination?
(a) To throw out the case.
(b) To decide right away.
(c) To wait a few days to make a decision.
(d) To dismiss Charles Walker.

3. Who does the author note a change in at the beginning of Chapter VIII?
(a) Gordon.
(b) Edith.
(c) Hollis.
(d) William.

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

5. Who first tells Stoner that he will be enlisting in the war while they are in college?
(a) David Masters.
(b) Archer Sloane.
(c) Gordon Finch.
(d) Hollis Lomax.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of company does Edith become involved in after her father's death?

2. How old is the protagonist when he decides to go to college?

3. How does Sloane die in the book?

4. Where do Stoner and his two college friends have their weekly meetings?

5. What role does Stoner consistently find himself happiest in?

(see the answer key)

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