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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XIII and XIV.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What kind of company does Edith become involved in after her father's death?
(a) Theater.
(b) Law office.
(c) Catering.
(d) Florist.

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

4. How does Lomax respond to Stoner's threats of teaching his classes wrong in Chapter XIV?
(a) Fires him.
(b) Gives him his schedule back.
(c) Moves his office.
(d) Continues giving him poor classes.

5. What does Stoner say opposed him and Katherine being together and that they were proving wrong?
(a) Ethics.
(b) Love rules.
(c) Sanctity of marriage.
(d) Conventional wisdom.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who encourages the protagonist to get his PhD?

2. What is the name of the head of the freshman English department that complains to Lomax about Stoner?

3. What is the name of Stoner's friend who is impressively intelligent and cynical?

4. Who dies at the beginning of Chapter VII?

5. How are the protagonist's grades described when he first starts college?

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