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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 does Hemingway say he did not have enough money for?
(a) Clothing.
(b) Sweets.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Books.

2. What does Stein like Hemingway to talk about?
(a) His journalism travels.
(b) His past romances.
(c) Stories from the war.
(d) His writing techniques.

3. How does Hemingway feel when he finishes a story?
(a) Angry and alone.
(b) Satisfied and bored.
(c) Lonely and afraid.
(d) Happy and sad.

4. Where does Hemingway do much of his writing?
(a) A hotel room.
(b) A cafe.
(c) His restroom.
(d) A park bench.

5. What kind of fish do the Paris fishermen catch?
(a) Mahi.
(b) Tuna.
(c) Catfish.
(d) Goujon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Hillaire Belloc's occupation?

2. Why does Hemingway feel the way he does when he first enters Sylvia's store?

3. How does Sylvia treat Hemingway?

4. What is Hemingway's wife's name?

5. Why does Hemingway avoid the Cafe De Amateurs?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Hadley bets on a long shot at the races?

2. How does Hemingway feel about Stein's writing?

3. How does Hemingway lose his stories?

4. How does Hemingway describe the Shakespeare and Company shop?

5. How does Hemingway say Sylvia Beach treated him?

6. Why does Hemingway say he feels the way he does about homosexuals?

7. Why does Stein dislike Ezra Pound's work?

8. How do two of Hemingway's stories survive?

9. What kind of racing does Mike say he prefers, and why?

10. What does the man who interrupts Hemingway complain about, and how does Hemingway try to help him?

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