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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 does the protagonist decide to study after changing from his original subject in college?
(a) Math.
(b) History.
(c) Biology.
(d) English.

2. What is the name of the city the protagonist's college is in?
(a) Columbia.
(b) Charleston.
(c) Pittsburgh.
(d) St. Paul.

3. Who sees the University as a kind of asylum to protect people too useless to survive the world?
(a) Edith Bostwick.
(b) Hollis Lomax.
(c) David Masters.
(d) Katherine Driscoll.

4. How does Stoner describe his relationship with Edith after beginning an affair with Katherine?
(a) More abusive.
(b) Livilier.
(c) Much worse.
(d) Friendlier.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Edith's father give them money for in Chapter VI?

2. What does Stoner make with his seminar class when he starts it in Chapter IX?

3. What does Stoner believe Edith comes home to do at the end of Chapter VII?

4. What does Stoner become fixated on during the war when he is an undergraduate?

5. Which of the following excuses does Stoner not use to see Katherine after helping her with her schoolwork in Chapter XII?

(see the answer key)

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