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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Une Generation Perdue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gertrude say Hemingway should NOT write?
(a) Things the public won't understand.
(b) Biographical sketches.
(c) Personal details.
(d) Things that can't be published.

2. What is less challenging to Hemingway in Paris after his winter vacation?
(a) The language.
(b) The strange people.
(c) The coldness.
(d) The hills.

3. Where does Hemingway do much of his writing?
(a) A park bench.
(b) His restroom.
(c) A cafe.
(d) A hotel room.

4. What does Hemingway feel his writing will become?
(a) Abstract.
(b) Repetitive.
(c) Impotent.
(d) Forced.

5. How does Hemingway feel about the author that Stein recommends to him?
(a) He is not very impressed.
(b) He is jealous of her.
(c) He loves her.
(d) He despises her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hemingway compare finishing a story to?

2. What does Stein base her literary tastes on?

3. Where is Hemingway at the beginning of the book?

4. What is the name of Gertrude's partner?

5. Why does Stein dislike Ezra Pound?

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