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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through People of the Seine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Stein like Hemingway to talk about?
(a) His past romances.
(b) His journalism travels.
(c) His writing techniques.
(d) Stories from the war.

2. What distracts Hemingway from his writing at the beginning of the book?
(a) A knocking on his door.
(b) A pretty girl.
(c) A gust of wind.
(d) A man singing.

3. Who types up Gertrude's writing?
(a) Hemingway.
(b) Hemingway's wife.
(c) Bobby.
(d) Toklas.

4. What does Stein base her literary tastes on?
(a) How much better than her they are.
(b) Her personal view of the author.
(c) What their stance on Homosexuality.
(d) How closesly the style mirrors her own.

5. Why does one woman always sell her books cheaply?
(a) She is poor.
(b) She has no idea if they are valuable.
(c) She has already read them.
(d) She does not need the money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Stein call Hemingway's generation?

2. What does Hemingway order for himself while he is writing at the beginning of the book?

3. Where does the story that Hemingway is writing at the beginning of the book take place?

4. How does Hemingway feel when he finishes a story?

5. What does Hemingway say he did not have enough money for?

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