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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. How does Stoner note his efforts to fail Walker ended in Chapter XI?
2. How does Katherine react after Stoner tells her he could lose his job by being with her?
3. What does Stoner realize with shock after he begins having out-of-body experiences regularly?
4. Who is described as a cripple in the book?
5. Who attacks Katherine's presentation in Stoner's seminar?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Edith's social life change after her father's death?
2. How does Charles Walker react when William threatens to fail him from his seminar?
3. How is William able to get his preferred class schedule back from Lomax in Chapter XIV?
4. How is William's first meeting with Charles Walker described?
5. How does William react when Finch asks him if he wanted to be the new head of the English department?
6. How does William's relationship with Edith change after he begins having an affair with Katherine?
7. How does Edith cause Grace to not be able to spend time with William as a child?
8. How does Charles Walker arrive to his first class with William?
9. What is the nature of William's conversation with Lomax when he tries to mend their relationship over the Charles Walker situation?
10. How does William find ways to see Katherine after he reviewed her dissertation?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast the characters Katherine and Edith in the book. How might William consider Katherine everything he wished for Edith to be and what is holding Edith back from being that person for him?
Essay Topic 2
Examine the concept of teaching that is portrayed in the book through characters like Archer Sloane and William Stoner. How do these characters' teaching styles evolve over the course of the book and what motivates these changes?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the concept of confrontation presented in the book. How does William attempt to confront others in the book like Charles Walker and Edith and are these confrontations successful for him? What is telling of William's nature based on his tendency to not confront others despite being unhappy with certain situations?
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