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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 does Stoner project himself to when he has his first out-of-body experience?
(a) Nowhere.
(b) The universe.
(c) To a dark place.
(d) In the sky.

2. Who does Edith begin using against Stoner after her father's death?
(a) Grace.
(b) David.
(c) Ed.
(d) Katherine.

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

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

5. Where does Stoner begin spending his time after Edith remodels his study?
(a) The university.
(b) The beach.
(c) A park.
(d) The library.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lomax respond to Stoner's threats of teaching his classes wrong in Chapter XIV?

2. How does Katherine react after Stoner tells her he could lose his job by being with her?

3. Who arrives late for Stoner's seminar in Chapter IX?

4. Who tries to convince Lomax to give Stoner his good class schedule back in Chapter XIV?

5. Whose schedule is made so that Stoner never sees them in Chapter XI?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does Lomax aid Charles Walker during his oral examinations?

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

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