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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 are the protagonist's attempts at telling his parents he is getting a PhD described?
(a) Serious.
(b) Detailed.
(c) Open.
(d) Futile.

2. What does Stoner refuse to let anyone do during his questioning of Walker in his oral examination?
(a) Talk.
(b) Interrupt.
(c) Laugh.
(d) Breathe.

3. Who is not present at Walker's oral examination?
(a) Finch.
(b) Lomax.
(c) Frye.
(d) Holland.

4. What does Katherine do after she resigns from the university?
(a) Leaves town.
(b) Gets married.
(c) Moves to Hawaii.
(d) Kills herself.

5. What does Stoner's student who audits his seminar present her final presentation on in Chapter IX?
(a) Petrarch.
(b) Renaissance Latin literature.
(c) The Sonnet.
(d) Donatus on Shakespeare.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Stoner certain of regarding Katherine when he realizes he has feelings for her?

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

3. What is the name of Stoner's friend who is a mediocre intellect who is in the English department out of convenience?

4. What is the name of the family the protagonist stays with when he first goes to college?

5. How does the Great Depression initially impact Columbus?

(see the answer key)

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