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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 classes after Lomax takes over the English department?
(a) Satisfying.
(b) Fulfilling.
(c) Boring and unfulfilling.
(d) Exciting.

2. How does Stoner initially react to Walker's oral examination?
(a) Blown away.
(b) Impressed.
(c) Unimpressed.
(d) Intrigued.

3. Who is not present at Walker's oral examination?
(a) Finch.
(b) Holland.
(c) Frye.
(d) Lomax.

4. What does Lomax claim was the reason that Stoner was prejudiced against Walker?
(a) Because he was a man.
(b) Because he was dumb.
(c) Because he was white.
(d) Because of his disability.

5. Who questions Stoner about his conduct against Walker in Chapter X?
(a) Archer Sloane.
(b) Gordon Finch.
(c) Ed Frye.
(d) Hollis Lomax.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Stoner begin spending his time after Edith remodels his study?

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

3. Who does the person who questions Stoner about his conduct against Walker agree with after hearing his argument?

4. Who aided Lomax in engineering university policies to help Walker?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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