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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what does Grace bore the family gathering to meet Hadley?
(a) A long, complicated story about a trip to Africa.
(b) A long, complicated story about a trip to Nepal.
(c) A huge family photo album.
(d) Inviting their pastor over to talk about their trip as missionaries to Africa.

2. What does a reporter offer to do?
(a) Escort Hadley to Lusanne.
(b) Escort Hadley to Versailles.
(c) Escort Hadley to the States.
(d) Send some of Ernest's work to Cosmopolitan.

3. What is Hadley's major objection to Ernest's assignment?
(a) He might get lonely and cheat on her.
(b) It is dangerous.
(c) His emotional state is too fragile for the work.
(d) It is so far away from where they are living.

4. How does Ernest feel as he leaves on his assignment?
(a) Hurt and angry.
(b) Sorry that they fought.
(c) Resentful.
(d) Sad.

5. What crushes Hadley about something Ernest tells her?
(a) He is dating another woman.
(b) He is moving to Austria for a year.
(c) He is still in love with another woman.
(d) He is married and trying to obtain a divorce.

6. What dismays Hadley about the Pound's marriage?
(a) Dorothy is Ezra's equal in all ways.
(b) Their relationship is all consuming.
(c) Nothing.
(d) It was open, and both had other lovers.

7. Why is Hadley in mourning?
(a) Her mother has just died.
(b) Her brother has just died.
(c) Her father has just died.
(d) She just miscarried.

8. What happened in St. Louis in 1904?
(a) A growth spurt.
(b) An epidemic.
(c) World's Fair.
(d) A huge fire.

9. Who do Ernest and Hadley occasionally spot on the streets?
(a) Alice B. Toklas.
(b) James Joyce.
(c) Zora Neal Hurston.
(d) Pablo Picasso.

10. Where does Ernest's job send him?
(a) Turkey.
(b) Russian.
(c) Siberia.
(d) Greece.

11. What does Hadley receive from Ernest Hemingway that stuns her?
(a) A poem.
(b) A photograph.
(c) A special delivery letter.
(d) A bunch of roses.

12. What was Ernest's occupation during the war in Italy?
(a) Correspondent for an independent magazine.
(b) Correspondent for the Times.
(c) Soldier on the front lines.
(d) Ambulance driver.

13. Ernest's expression sometimes reminds Hadley of ______________.
(a) Nothing.
(b) Her brother when he was young.
(c) A lost puppy.
(d) Her father's expression.

14. Ernest says he needs to be alone to ___________.
(a) Write.
(b) Be happy.
(c) Think.
(d) Enjoy nature.

15. Where is there news of increased conflicts?
(a) Turkey.
(b) Austria.
(c) Italy.
(d) Russia.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Gertrude Stein characterized in A Paris Wife?

2. What does Lewis Galantiere encourage Ernest to do?

3. How old is Hadley at the opening?

4. Who agrees to send some of Ernest's poetry to some contacts?

5. Whom does Ernest write that bothers Hadley?

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