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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. Who is described as a cripple in the book?
(a) Katherine Driscoll.
(b) Grace Stoner.
(c) Hollis Lomax.
(d) Charles Walker.

2. How does Edith buy new clothes after her father's death?
(a) She steals them.
(b) Money from her mother.
(c) Money left in the will.
(d) She gets a job.

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

4. What year does Stoner note the Nazis engaging in the Spanish Civil War in the book?
(a) 1937.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1939.

5. How does Stoner note his efforts to fail Walker ended in Chapter XI?
(a) They were somewhat successful.
(b) They were dismissed.
(c) They failed.
(d) The were successful.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who aided Lomax in engineering university policies to help Walker?

2. Who does the person who questions Stoner about his conduct against Walker agree with after hearing his argument?

3. What is the only reason Stoner won't leave Edith?

4. Who begins questioning Walker during his oral examination that dashes Stoner's hopes for him?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lomax react after William refuses to pass Charles Walker?

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

3. How does Edith's social life change after her father's death?

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

5. Why does William's relationship with Katherine end?

6. How does William begin questioning the value of his life in Chapter XI?

7. How does William react to Katherine Driscoll's presentation in his seminar?

8. How does Charles Walker react when William threatens to fail him from his seminar?

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

10. How is William's first meeting with Charles Walker described?

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