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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 Katherine do after she resigns from the university?
(a) Moves to Hawaii.
(b) Leaves town.
(c) Kills herself.
(d) Gets married.

2. Who does Stoner learn will be the new head of the English department from Finch?
(a) Katherine.
(b) Finch.
(c) Frye.
(d) Lomax.

3. What is Stoner certain of regarding Katherine when he realizes he has feelings for her?
(a) She is too young.
(b) She is in love with him.
(c) She isn't interested in him.
(d) She is too old.

4. What kind of seminar does Stoner allow a student to take in Chapter IX?
(a) Petrarch.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Renaissance literature.
(d) The Sonnet.

5. How many seminars are students required to take to finish a doctorate at Stoner's university?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lomax react when Stoner refuses to pass Walker?

2. What two poles did university students lean to in regards to the feud between Lomax and Stoner?

3. Who does Lomax threaten to fire after finding out about Stoner's affair?

4. How long is Stoner and Katherine's only trip away together?

5. What is the name of the head of the freshman English department that complains to Lomax about Stoner?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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