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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. Many claim that the Dada movement began where?
(a) Milan, Italy
(b) Amsterdam, the Netherlands
(c) Zurich, Switzerland
(d) New York, New York

2. Of what does Harry’s companion say “That’s the good destruction. That’s the way we’re made to be destroyed”?
(a) In warfare
(b) In love
(c) In bed
(d) In the press

3. Harry’s companion tells him early in the story that she wishes they’d gone to what city that Harry loves instead?
(a) To Paris
(b) To London
(c) To New York
(d) To Amsterdam

4. Compton tells Harry at the end of the story that he’ll have to stop where to refuel?
(a) Arusha
(b) Cairo
(c) Paris
(d) Zurich

5. Harry’s mistress tells him in the beginning of the story that Black’s Medical Dictionary says that what is bad for him in his condition?
(a) Talking
(b) Laying still
(c) Antibiotics
(d) Alcohol

Short Answer Questions

1. The author’s preface to “The Snows of Kilimanjaro” states that Mount Kilimanjaro is how many feet high?

2. Perticara is a town located in what country?

3. How many children did Harry’s female companion have?

4. What is the name of Harry’s female companion in “The Snows of Kilimanjaro”?

5. What war was Harry fighting in when he was in Anatolia?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the gangrene in Harry’s leg represent symbolically in “The Snows of Kilimanjaro”?

2. What happens in the narrative when the text transitions to italics for the first time?

3. How is the scene described when Harry awakens and sees Compton in the end of the story?

4. How is death symbolized in “The Snows of Kilimanjaro”? What animal in the story’s ending represents death?

5. Discuss the historical context of the story. How is Harry’s story reflective of the global climate at this time?

6. What similar conditions does the protagonist of “The Snows of Kilimanjaro” have with the author of the story?

7. How does the author depict death in the beginning of the story? What are Harry’s feelings about death here as opposed to the story’s ending?

8. How would you describe the narrator of the story? Is the narrator’s perspective limited or omniscient?

9. How is Harry shown to utilize his talents in the narrative?

10. What memory does Harry first flashback to after awakening from his nap in the story?

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