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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 helps Walker throughout his oral examination?
(a) Lomax.
(b) Finch.
(c) Masters.
(d) Sloane.

2. Which of the following ways does Stoner's personality not change in Chapter XIV?
(a) Becomes nicer.
(b) Becomes ruder.
(c) More direct with colleagues.
(d) Becomes sharper.

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

4. How does Katherine react after Stoner tells her he could lose his job by being with her?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Upset.
(c) Worried.
(d) Happy.

5. What does Walker's committee decide about his fate after his oral examination?
(a) To wait a few days to make a decision.
(b) To throw out the case.
(c) To decide right away.
(d) To dismiss Charles Walker.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Stoner project himself to when he has his first out-of-body experience?

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

3. What year does Stoner note the Nazis engaging in the Spanish Civil War in the book?

4. How does Lomax say that Stoner has treated Walker after he refuses to pass him?

5. What must Stoner serve on in regards to Charles Walker's oral examination?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does William react when Finch suggests he pass Walker because he could lose his job?

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

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

4. How does Edith cause Grace to not be able to spend time with William as a child?

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

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

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

8. How is William able to get his preferred class schedule back from Lomax in Chapter XIV?

9. How does William's relationship with Edith change after he begins having an affair with Katherine?

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

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