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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can the protagonist's parents not do about his decision to get a PhD?
(a) Believe.
(b) Support.
(c) Understand.
(d) Accept.

2. How are the protagonist's grades described when he first starts college?
(a) Good.
(b) Poor.
(c) Bad.
(d) Superior.

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

4. What program does the protagonist originally go to college to study?
(a) Agriculture.
(b) English.
(c) History.
(d) Business.

5. Where does Edith travel to after her father's death?
(a) New York.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Boston.
(d) St. Louis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who originally informs the protagonist about a new college program that he decides to partake in?

2. How does Edith tell Stoner she will answer his marriage proposal?

3. Who encourages the protagonist to get his PhD?

4. What does Stoner find a financial burden for him in Chapter VI?

5. How does Edith react when Stoner asks her for sex?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is William's marriage proposal to Edith described?

2. How has Edith changed when she returns home from her father's funeral?

3. Why does William's father want him to study agriculture in college?

4. How is William's study of English described over the three years he studies at the University of Missouri?

5. How is William's first meeting with Edith described in the book?

6. How does William react after being offered a teaching job at the University of Missouri?

7. How is Hollis Lomax first described in the book?

8. How is William's experience in his first English class described?

9. How are William's meetings with Finch and Masters first described in the book?

10. How is Edith and William's relationship described when they return from their honeymoon?

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