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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Evan Shipman at the Lilas.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where do most book vendors find their books to sell?
(a) Park benches.
(b) The train station.
(c) Abandoned houses.
(d) Empty hotel rooms.

3. What word does the man who interrupts Hemingway use to describe Hemingway's writing?
(a) Exposed.
(b) Abstract.
(c) Unreal.
(d) Stark.

4. What does Hemingway like to watch while he reads?
(a) Walking people.
(b) Birds on the statues.
(c) New lovers.
(d) Fishermen.

5. What does Hemingway carry for luck?
(a) His wife's scarf.
(b) A horse chestnut.
(c) A rabbit's ear.
(d) An old key.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hemingway say all critics start every sentence with?

2. How does Hemingway say he feels about the privacy at his cafe?

3. What does Hemingway say the man who interrupts him should be for a living?

4. How does Hemingway feel when his writing gets interrupted?

5. Why does Hemingway say he does not fish himself?

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