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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Hemingway's son?

2. What is Fitzgerald's wife's name?

3. What causes the strange transformation in Fitzgerald when Hemingway first meets him?

4. What does Hemingway say the great treasure of living in Paris is?

5. What does Walsh die from?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hemingway do after hearing the exchange between Stein and Toklas?

2. What does Fitzgerald say he does after he writes his stories?

3. What does Hemingway say about Dostoyevsky's writing?

4. What does Hemingway love most about his friend, Ezra Pound?

5. What surprises Hemingway about Fitzgerald's car?

6. How was Bel Esprit supposed to work out?

7. How does Fitzgerald start to act when he is drunk after his summer trip?

8. What does James Joyce ask Hemingway after Walsh's death?

9. How does Hemingway try to help Fitzgerald after hearing his secret?

10. How does Walsh die, and how does Hemingway try to help him at the end of his life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the defining moments in Hemingway's friendship with Fitzgerald, and how did these moments affect Hemingway's life?

Essay Topic 2

How did Hemingway's writing change over the course of his life, and what caused these changes?

Essay Topic 3

Love was a very important attribute and motivating factor in this book. Which people were most affected by this theme? Which relationships were the most significant to Hemingway's life and why?

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