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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whose house does Stoner initially meet Edith at?
(a) Her aunt's.
(b) Her parent's.
(c) Her uncle's.
(d) Her sister's.

3. What day of the week does Stoner have a meeting with his two college friends?
(a) Monday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Wednesday.
(d) Sunday.

4. How are the protagonist's parents' reaction to his desire to get a PhD described?
(a) Sad.
(b) Shocked.
(c) Happy.
(d) Excited.

5. 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.

6. Who first tells Stoner that he will be enlisting in the war while they are in college?
(a) Archer Sloane.
(b) Hollis Lomax.
(c) David Masters.
(d) Gordon Finch.

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

8. How does Stoner feel after being offered a professor job at the university?
(a) Excited.
(b) Sad.
(c) Relieved.
(d) Jovial.

9. What does Stoner begin remodeling in his new home?
(a) The kitchen.
(b) His basement study.
(c) His bathroom.
(d) The backyard.

10. How does Edith look at her child after she is born?
(a) A disease.
(b) A monster.
(c) A stranger.
(d) An angel.

11. What is the name of the book's author?
(a) Charles Dickens.
(b) John Williams.
(c) C.S. Lewis.
(d) Dan Brown.

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

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

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

15. How many years does the protagonist study his new subject in college?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is the protagonist when he decides to go to college?

2. How does Edith react when Stoner asks her for sex?

3. How long does Edith stay in bed after having a baby?

4. Where do Edith and Stoner go on their honeymoon?

5. What kind of impression does the author note that the protagonist had on the memory of those who knew him?

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