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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XV, XVI, and XVII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years does the protagonist study his new subject in college?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

2. What colleague of William's is described as having a bitter and ironic sense of humor?
(a) Hollis Lomax.
(b) David Masters.
(c) Archer Sloane.
(d) Gordon Finch.

3. Where did Edith cancel plans for in order to marry Stoner?
(a) Europe.
(b) China.
(c) Africa.
(d) South America.

4. How does Sloane die in the book?
(a) A heart attack.
(b) In a car wreck.
(c) He is shot.
(d) Kills himself.

5. What does the protagonist do during his summers in college?
(a) Runs a bookstore.
(b) Sells lemonade.
(c) Studies in a library.
(d) Works on the farm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Stoner say opposed him and Katherine being together and that they were proving wrong?

2. What does Stoner do with his doctoral thesis when it is finished?

3. How old is Grace when she initially begins withdrawing from society?

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

5. Whose schedule is made so that Stoner never sees them in Chapter XI?

(see the answer key)

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