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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XV, XVI, and XVII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Edith react when Grace says she is pregnant?
(a) She is happy.
(b) She laughs.
(c) She cries.
(d) She screams.

2. How does Stoner begin looking at the value of his life in Chapter XI?
(a) Happily.
(b) Darkly.
(c) Bleekly.
(d) In an abstract way.

3. What kind of impression does the author note that the protagonist had on the memory of those who knew him?
(a) Hateful.
(b) Minimal.
(c) Exceptional.
(d) Unexceptional.

4. Who argues that war had a tendency to destroy the civilization of learning?
(a) Gordon Finch.
(b) Archer Sloane.
(c) Ed Frye.
(d) Charles Walker.

5. Why do Edith and Stoner cut their honeymoon short?
(a) William's father died.
(b) To get settled into their apartment.
(c) Edith's aunt died.
(d) Edith became ill.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Stoner learn will be the new head of the English department from Finch?

2. Who puzzles over Lomax's devotion to Walker in Chapter X?

3. What does Lomax claim was the reason that Stoner was prejudiced against Walker?

4. Who does Stoner ride with after Sloane's funeral?

5. What is the name of Stoner's family servant who helps take care of his farm?

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