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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Walker react to Stoner when he is threatened to be failed in his seminar?
(a) Laughs.
(b) Pleads with him.
(c) Yells at him.
(d) Cries.

2. How is the weather outside described when Stoner has his first out-of-body experience?
(a) Cloudy.
(b) Rainy.
(c) Snowy.
(d) Sunny.

3. How does Stoner note his efforts to fail Walker ended in Chapter XI?
(a) They were somewhat successful.
(b) They failed.
(c) They were dismissed.
(d) The were successful.

4. What does Katherine wish for Stoner to do for her when she visits him in Chapter XII?
(a) Date her.
(b) Hire her as an assistant.
(c) Help her with a paper.
(d) Read her dissertation.

5. What does Stoner say opposed him and Katherine being together and that they were proving wrong?
(a) Love rules.
(b) Sanctity of marriage.
(c) Ethics.
(d) Conventional wisdom.

6. How does Katherine react after Stoner tells her he could lose his job by being with her?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Upset.
(c) Worried.
(d) Happy.

7. Who tells Stoner that he should be the one insulted by Charles Walker's presentation in Chapter IX?
(a) David.
(b) Hollis.
(c) Katherine.
(d) Archer.

8. What does Stoner's student who audits his seminar present her final presentation on in Chapter IX?
(a) The Sonnet.
(b) Renaissance Latin literature.
(c) Donatus on Shakespeare.
(d) Petrarch.

9. What does Edith begin remodeling Stoner's basement study as after her father's death?
(a) An art studio.
(b) A photography studio.
(c) A new kitchen.
(d) A new living room.

10. Who puzzles over Lomax's devotion to Walker in Chapter X?
(a) Katherine and Finch.
(b) Frye and Stoner.
(c) Stoner.
(d) Stoner and Finch.

11. Who arrives late for Stoner's seminar in Chapter IX?
(a) Katherine Driscoll.
(b) Charles Walker.
(c) Hollis Lomax.
(d) Ed Frye.

12. What is the only reason Stoner won't leave Edith?
(a) Their house.
(b) He loves her.
(c) Her money.
(d) Grace.

13. How late is Stoner for his appointment with Katherine to discuss her paper?
(a) 2 hours.
(b) 30 minutes.
(c) An hour.
(d) 15 minutes.

14. How does Stoner find Katherine when he goes to visit her after hearing she was sick?
(a) Excited.
(b) Happy.
(c) Curious.
(d) Desperately unhappy.

15. Who helps Walker throughout his oral examination?
(a) Sloane.
(b) Finch.
(c) Lomax.
(d) Masters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year does Stoner note the Nazis engaging in the Spanish Civil War in the book?

2. What does Stoner come down with in Chapter XIV?

3. What do Stoner and Katherine begin at the end of Chapter XII?

4. What is Stoner certain of regarding Katherine when he realizes he has feelings for her?

5. How long is Stoner and Katherine's only trip away together?

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