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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The End of an Avocation.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why is Hemingway comfortable in poverty?
(a) He knows it is temporary.
(b) He loves his work.
(c) His wife still loves him.
(d) He will get a large inheritance soon.

3. What does Hemingway eat while he reads?
(a) Crepes and seltzer.
(b) Bread and wine.
(c) Gelato.
(d) Croissonts.

4. What does Hemingway's wife want to buy to have at the race track?
(a) Bread.
(b) Wine.
(c) Hats.
(d) Cheese.

5. What is Mike Ward's occupation?
(a) Hotel owner.
(b) Writer.
(c) Bank employee.
(d) Grocer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hemingway feel when he first enters Sylvia's store?

2. What kind of car does Stein drive?

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

4. How does Sylvia treat Hemingway?

5. What kind of poles do the Paris fishermen use?

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