2. What is the name of the protagonist's first English teacher?
(a) Hollis Lomax.
(b) Archer Sloane.
(c) David Masters.
(d) Gordon Finch.

3. Who does the protagonist not tell about his decision to change his course of study in college?
(a) His sister.
(b) His parents.
(c) His friends.
(d) His brother.

4. How much money does Edith bring home from her father in Chapter VI?
(a) $2,000.
(b) $10,000.
(c) $6,000.
(d) $4,000.

5. What does Edith do just after arriving at her and Stoner's new apartment?
(a) Cooks.
(b) Cleans it compulsively.
(c) Sulks on the couch.
(d) Sleeps.

6. How many days is Edith in labor?
(a) 6 hours.
(b) 1 day.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 2 days.

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

8. How does Edith react when Stoner asks her for sex?
(a) She is open to it.
(b) She is repulsed at the suggestion.
(c) She tenses up.
(d) She is excited.

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

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

11. Who offers Stoner a job at the university as a professor?
(a) Ed Frye.
(b) Katherine Driscoll.
(c) Edith Bostwick.
(d) Archer Sloane.

12. Where do Stoner and his two college friends have their weekly meetings?
(a) A local pub.
(b) In a park.
(c) The library.
(d) A restaurant.

13. What is the name of Stoner's friend who is impressively intelligent and cynical?
(a) Hollis Lomax.
(b) Archer Sloane.
(c) Charles Walker.
(d) David Masters.

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

15. What war is beginning in Chapter II?
(a) Vietnam War.
(b) World War II.
(c) World War I.
(d) Cold War.