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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 wish for Stoner to do for her when she visits him in Chapter XII?
(a) Help her with a paper.
(b) Date her.
(c) Hire her as an assistant.
(d) Read her dissertation.

2. What must Stoner serve on in regards to Charles Walker's oral examination?
(a) His advisor.
(b) His examining committee.
(c) His teacher.
(d) His dean.

3. What does Stoner find unfavorable at work after Lomax takes over the English department?
(a) He loses his office.
(b) He only has one class.
(c) He has less seminars.
(d) His teaching schedule.

4. What does Stoner say opposed him and Katherine being together and that they were proving wrong?
(a) Love rules.
(b) Sanctity of marriage.
(c) Conventional wisdom.
(d) Ethics.

5. Which of the following excuses does Stoner not use to see Katherine after helping her with her schoolwork in Chapter XII?
(a) Gives her books.
(b) Helps with translations.
(c) Offers advice for her dissertation.
(d) Brings her lunch.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is described as being only a little annoyed by Katherine and Stoner's relationship?

2. Who is not present at Walker's oral examination?

3. Which of the following ways does Stoner's personality not change in Chapter XIV?

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

5. How many minutes are professors allowed to question Walker during his oral examination?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe William's actions after Katherine drops off her dissertation for him to read.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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