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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XIII and XIV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Stoner do with his doctoral thesis when it is finished?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Makes it into a book.
(c) Publishes it in a magazine.
(d) Burns it.

2. How does Lomax react when Stoner refuses to pass Walker?
(a) Livid.
(b) Happy.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Slightly upset.

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

4. Who first tells Stoner that he will be enlisting in the war while they are in college?
(a) Archer Sloane.
(b) David Masters.
(c) Gordon Finch.
(d) Hollis Lomax.

5. What is the name of the city the protagonist's college is in?
(a) Columbia.
(b) St. Paul.
(c) Pittsburgh.
(d) Charleston.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the ship that sinks and causes America to join the war?

2. How are the protagonist's grades described when he first starts college?

3. What does Edith do after her and Stoner make love the first time?

4. Who does the author note a change in at the beginning of Chapter VIII?

5. Who temporarily fills the director of the English department after Sloane's death?

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