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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 Hemingway compare finishing a story to?
(a) Praying.
(b) Drinking.
(c) Making love.
(d) Confessing.

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

3. Where is the newspaper located that Hemingway writes for?
(a) Boston.
(b) Paris.
(c) London.
(d) Toronto.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hemingway's wife say that Hemingway often has in his life to help him?

2. What does Sylvia Beach decorate her store with?

3. What bad habit does Stein think Hemingway takes to the extreme?

4. Where does Hemingway like to go for reading material?

5. Where do most of Hemingway's stories take place?

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