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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters II and III.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is the protagonist when he decides to go to college?
(a) 22.
(b) 18.
(c) 20.
(d) 19.

2. What does Stoner become immersed in a passion for as a college student?
(a) Girls.
(b) History.
(c) Knowledge.
(d) Partying.

3. How are the protagonist's parents' reaction to his desire to get a PhD described?
(a) Sad.
(b) Shocked.
(c) Happy.
(d) Excited.

4. What subject does the protagonist teach in college?
(a) Science.
(b) Math.
(c) English.
(d) History.

5. Who offers Stoner a job at the university as a professor?
(a) Katherine Driscoll.
(b) Ed Frye.
(c) Archer Sloane.
(d) Edith Bostwick.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Stoner say he has no feelings of in regards to the war?

2. What does the protagonist decide to study after changing from his original subject in college?

3. What war is beginning in Chapter II?

4. What is the name of Stoner's friend who is impressively intelligent and cynical?

5. How does Stoner feel after being offered a professor job at the university?

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