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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Stoner's student who audits his seminar present her final presentation on in Chapter IX?
2. How does Lomax respond to Stoner's threats of teaching his classes wrong in Chapter XIV?
3. What two poles did university students lean to in regards to the feud between Lomax and Stoner?
4. How does Edith buy new clothes after her father's death?
5. Who is not present at Walker's oral examination?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does William react when Finch asks him if he wanted to be the new head of the English department?
2. Describe William's actions after Katherine drops off her dissertation for him to read.
3. How does William's teaching schedule change after Lomax is appointed chair of the English department?
4. How does William react to Katherine Driscoll's presentation in his seminar?
5. How is William's first out-of-body experience described in the book?
6. How does Charles Walker react when William threatens to fail him from his seminar?
7. How is William and Katherine's affair described at the beginning of Chapter XIII?
8. How does William's relationship with Edith change after he begins having an affair with Katherine?
9. How does William begin questioning the value of his life in Chapter XI?
10. How does Lomax react after William refuses to pass Charles Walker?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast William and Edith's parenting style in the book. What motivates each of these character's parenting styles in the book and are they successful parents to Grace?
Essay Topic 2
Examine the concept of the University that is portrayed in the book through William and his school friends. What are the different views of the University presented by William, David Masters, and Archer Sloane in the book and whose idea do you most agree with?
Essay Topic 3
Examine the theme of emotion that is portrayed in the book. What role does emotion play in William's life, including at home and at work? Does he appear to be an emotional person or does he lack a connection to this part of himself?
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