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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Snows of Kilimanjaro.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Harry’s flashback to fleeing from a British gunner subaltern with a woman, they get into a taxi and go to what location along the Bosphorus?
(a) Rimmily Hissa
(b) Viltas Villari
(c) Karanfil Sk
(d) Maya Villari

2. What kind of plane does Compton arrive in at the end of the story?
(a) A Puss Moth
(b) An Airbus
(c) A Cessna
(d) A B-52.

3. Perticara is a town located in what country?
(a) France
(b) Belgium
(c) Austria
(d) Italy

4. What kind of hat is Compton described as wearing at the end of the story?
(a) A brown felt hat
(b) A blue fedora
(c) A black top hat
(d) A grey safari hat

5. Harry’s companion tells him that they always stayed at what hotel in St. Germain?
(a) The Pavillion Henri-Quatre
(b) The Café Royal Hotel
(c) The Hôtel de Crillon
(d) The Hotel II Salviatino

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Black’s Medical Dictionary first published?

2. What café does Harry describe as being filled with “the smell of dirty sweat and poverty and drunkenness” when dictating to his companion?

3. Of what does Harry’s companion say “That’s the good destruction. That’s the way we’re made to be destroyed”?

4. The Sette Communi was a group of municipalities in the Veneto region that spoke what language?

5. Who does Harry recall as being poor and having been in “romantic awe of him” in his flashbacks to his past?

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