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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. How does Stoner describe his relationship with Edith after beginning an affair with Katherine?
(a) Livilier.
(b) Friendlier.
(c) More abusive.
(d) Much worse.

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

3. Who attacks Katherine's presentation in Stoner's seminar?
(a) William Stoner.
(b) Charles Walker.
(c) Ed Frye.
(d) Hollis Lomax.

4. What word does the person helping Walker with his oral examination use when interrupting?
(a) Talking point.
(b) Rephrase.
(c) Clarification.
(d) Reword.

5. Who does Lomax threaten to fire after finding out about Stoner's affair?
(a) Stoner.
(b) Both Katherine and Stoner.
(c) No one.
(d) Katherine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Walker's committee decide about his fate after his oral examination?

2. What does Edith begin remodeling Stoner's basement study as after her father's death?

3. How is the weather outside described when Stoner has his first out-of-body experience?

4. Who helps Walker throughout his oral examination?

5. What does Stoner say opposed him and Katherine being together and that they were proving wrong?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is William and Katherine's week away in the Ozarks described?

2. How does Finch try and help William not lose his job over his affair with Katherine?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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