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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 must Hemingway do in order to write about Paris?
(a) Leave Paris.
(b) Take drugs.
(c) Get drunk.
(d) Spend time with his family.

2. What famous person does Hemingway hope to see in Sylvia's shop?
(a) Ezra Pound.
(b) D.H. Lawrence.
(c) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(d) James Joyce.

3. What does Sylvia Beach decorate her store with?
(a) Pages of books.
(b) Symbols from literature.
(c) Pictures of authors.
(d) Random photographs.

4. What does Stein call Hemingway's generation?
(a) The Lost Generation.
(b) The Missing Generation.
(c) The Needed Generation.
(d) The Angry Generation.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hemingway like to do early in the morning?

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

3. What author does Stein recommend that Hemingway read?

4. What does the goatherd sell as he herds his goats down the street?

5. What does Stein base her literary tastes on?

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