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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. What two poles did university students lean to in regards to the feud between Lomax and Stoner?
(a) Indifference and protest.
(b) Fierce loyalty and avoidance.
(c) Curiosity and indifference.
(d) Avoidance and protest.

2. Where do Stoner and Katherine go for their only trip away together?
(a) Hawaii.
(b) The Ozarks.
(c) New York.
(d) Chicago.

3. Who is described as being only a little annoyed by Katherine and Stoner's relationship?
(a) Edith.
(b) Katherine's husband.
(c) Lomax.
(d) Grace.

4. What is Stoner doing when Katherine comes to visit him in Chapter XII?
(a) Meeting with a student.
(b) Eating.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Grading papers.

5. What is the name of the head of the freshman English department that complains to Lomax about Stoner?
(a) Walker.
(b) Ehrhardt.
(c) Holland.
(d) Frye.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Stoner learn will be the new head of the English department from Finch?

2. How many seminars are students required to take to finish a doctorate at Stoner's university?

3. What does Stoner refuse to let anyone do during his questioning of Walker in his oral examination?

4. How does Stoner begin looking at the value of his life in Chapter XI?

5. Where does Stoner begin spending his time after Edith remodels his study?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is William and Katherine's affair described at the beginning of Chapter XIII?

2. Describe William's actions after Katherine drops off her dissertation for him to read.

3. How is the set-up of Charles Walker's oral examinations described?

4. What is the nature of William's conversation with Lomax when he tries to mend their relationship over the Charles Walker situation?

5. How does William find ways to see Katherine after he reviewed her dissertation?

6. How does William react when Finch asks him if he wanted to be the new head of the English department?

7. How does William's teaching schedule change after Lomax is appointed chair of the English department?

8. How do William and Katherine begin their love affair with one another?

9. How is William's first out-of-body experience described in the book?

10. How does Charles Walker arrive to his first class with William?

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