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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 does Stoner's student who audits his seminar present her final presentation on in Chapter IX?
(a) Petrarch.
(b) Renaissance Latin literature.
(c) The Sonnet.
(d) Donatus on Shakespeare.

2. How late is Stoner for his appointment with Katherine to discuss her paper?
(a) An hour.
(b) 15 minutes.
(c) 2 hours.
(d) 30 minutes.

3. Who tries to convince Lomax to give Stoner his good class schedule back in Chapter XIV?
(a) Sloane.
(b) Edith.
(c) Masters.
(d) Finch.

4. What does Stoner say when Finch asks him if he wants to be the new director of the English department?
(a) He asks for time to think.
(b) He accepts.
(c) He laughs.
(d) He doesn't want the job.

5. What is the name of the young woman who audits Stoner's seminar?
(a) Katherine.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Fiona.
(d) Jane.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Stoner make with his seminar class when he starts it in Chapter IX?

2. How does Stoner find Katherine when he goes to visit her after hearing she was sick?

3. What is the name of the graduate student Stoner meets with at the beginning of Chapter IX?

4. What does Stoner realize with shock after he begins having out-of-body experiences regularly?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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