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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Edith from in the book?
(a) Nashville.
(b) Boston.
(c) New York.
(d) St. Louis.

2. What can the protagonist's parents not do about his decision to get a PhD?
(a) Believe.
(b) Understand.
(c) Accept.
(d) Support.

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

4. What does Stoner say he has no feelings of in regards to the war?
(a) Acceptance.
(b) Politics.
(c) Patriotism.
(d) Pride.

5. How long does Edith stay in bed after having a baby?
(a) 4 months.
(b) Nearly a year.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 6 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Edith do just after arriving at her and Stoner's new apartment?

2. What is the name of the city the protagonist's college is in?

3. What is the name of the ship that sinks and causes America to join the war?

4. What role does Stoner consistently find himself happiest in?

5. Who sees the University as a kind of asylum to protect people too useless to survive the world?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does William react after being offered a teaching job at the University of Missouri?

2. How do Edith's actions towards William change when she decides she wants a baby?

3. How are William's meetings with Finch and Masters first described in the book?

4. Why does William's father want him to study agriculture in college?

5. Describe Edith's outburst during dinner with Finch and his fiancée in Chapter V.

6. How do William and Edith buy their first house?

7. How is William's marriage proposal to Edith described?

8. How is William and Lomax's conversation described at William's housewarming party?

9. How is Sloane's funeral described?

10. How does William come to decide to get a PhD in English?

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