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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. Where does Stoner sleep on his first night with Edith after they're married?
(a) In the guest room.
(b) In the bed with Edith.
(c) The couch.
(d) On the floor.

2. What does Stoner believe Edith comes home to do at the end of Chapter VII?
(a) Kill him.
(b) Leave him.
(c) Have more children.
(d) Make war.

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

4. What state is the protagonist from?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) Missouri.
(c) Alabama.
(d) Connecticut.

5. What day of the week does Stoner have a meeting with his two college friends?
(a) Friday.
(b) Wednesday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Sunday.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who argues that war had a tendency to destroy the civilization of learning?

2. Who dies at the beginning of Chapter VII?

3. How much money does Edith bring home from her father in Chapter VI?

4. How does Edith act around Stoner when others are present?

5. What does Stoner become fixated on during the war when he is an undergraduate?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is William described just before his wedding to Edith?

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

3. How does Edith act just after her and William are married?

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

5. How do Edith's actions towards William change when she decides she wants a baby?

6. Why does Edith's father commit suicide?

7. How do William's parents react when he tells them his plans to obtain a PhD in English?

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

9. How is William and Lomax's conversation described at William's housewarming party?

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

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