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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How long do Edith and Stoner have to try for a child?
(a) 1 month.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 2 months.

3. How does the Great Depression initially impact Columbus?
(a) Slightly sets them back.
(b) Very badly.
(c) It is unaffected.
(d) It is devastated.

4. Where do Edith and Stoner get married?
(a) A park.
(b) A church.
(c) Edith's aunt's home.
(d) The University.

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

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

7. What is Edith too tired for on her and Stoner's wedding night?
(a) Talking.
(b) Eating.
(c) Bathing.
(d) Sex.

8. What is the name of Stoner's family servant who helps take care of his farm?
(a) John.
(b) James.
(c) Tobe.
(d) Thomas.

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

10. What does Stoner become fixated on during the war when he is an undergraduate?
(a) The military.
(b) Politics.
(c) History.
(d) His studies.

11. Who is Stoner surprised to see come to his housewarming party?
(a) Gordon Finch.
(b) Edith Bostwick.
(c) Hollis Lomax.
(d) Ed Frye.

12. What does Stoner insist Edith do after they are married that seems to open her up?
(a) Cook for neighbors.
(b) Build a home.
(c) Entertain guests.
(d) Have a baby.

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

14. Who temporarily fills the director of the English department after Sloane's death?
(a) William Stoner.
(b) Hollis Lomax.
(c) Ed Frye.
(d) Gordon Finch.

15. Who does the author say was only interested in seeking adventure?
(a) Gordon Finch.
(b) Ed Frye.
(c) Charles Walker.
(d) David Masters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the book's author?

2. Who does Hollis Lomax remind Stoner of?

3. What is the name of the child Edith has?

4. What kind of setting did the protagonist grow up in?

5. Who argues that war had a tendency to destroy the civilization of learning?

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