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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. What is Stoner doing when Katherine comes to visit him in Chapter XII?
(a) Grading papers.
(b) Meeting with a student.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Eating.

2. How are Stoner's actions in the classroom described in Chapter XV?
(a) Serious.
(b) Eccentric.
(c) Happy.
(d) Silly.

3. What does news of never penetrate Stoner as it does other students when he is in college?
(a) Parties.
(b) The war.
(c) Politics.
(d) Popularity.

4. Who puzzles over Lomax's devotion to Walker in Chapter X?
(a) Frye and Stoner.
(b) Katherine and Finch.
(c) Stoner and Finch.
(d) Stoner.

5. Where does Stoner find a tumor on himself?
(a) His back.
(b) His head.
(c) His stomach.
(d) His lower body.

Short Answer Questions

1. What colleague of William's is described as having a bitter and ironic sense of humor?

2. Where does Stoner sleep on his first night with Edith after they're married?

3. How does Edith tell Stoner she will answer his marriage proposal?

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

5. What state is the protagonist from?

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