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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Who does Stoner find as an outlet for love and affection in Chapter V?
(a) Katherine.
(b) Jane.
(c) Grace.
(d) Barbara.

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

4. How does Edith lie in bed waiting for Stoner for hours in Chapter V?
(a) Naked.
(b) Clenched in a ball.
(c) Sedated.
(d) Heavily clothes.

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

6. What is the name of the family the protagonist stays with when he first goes to college?
(a) The Smiths.
(b) The Williams.
(c) The Wilsons.
(d) The Footes.

7. What kind of work does the protagonist spend most of his childhood dedicated to?
(a) Farming.
(b) Singing.
(c) Writing.
(d) Cooking.

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

9. Who reacts in a fit of rage when Stoner says he may enlist in the war?
(a) Archer Sloane.
(b) Ed Frye.
(c) David Masters.
(d) Hollis Lomax.

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

11. Who encourages the protagonist to get his PhD?
(a) Hollis Lomax.
(b) Ed Frye.
(c) Archer Sloane.
(d) David Masters.

12. What is the name of the child Edith has?
(a) Grace.
(b) Katherine.
(c) Mary.
(d) Jane.

13. What does the protagonist's first English teacher expose about him in class?
(a) His awkwardness.
(b) His insanity.
(c) His intelligence.
(d) His ignorance.

14. Who begins taking care of Edith when she has her first breakdown during their marriage?
(a) Her aunt.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her father.

15. Who is killed during combat in the war while Stoner is in college?
(a) Ed Frye.
(b) Archer Sloane.
(c) David Masters.
(d) Charles Walker.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Edith do just after her and Stoner are married?

2. What subject does the protagonist teach in college?

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

4. Where do Edith and Stoner get married?

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

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