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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) Her personal view of the author.
(b) How much better than her they are.
(c) How closesly the style mirrors her own.
(d) What their stance on Homosexuality.

2. What does Stein think caused Hemingway's generation to be the way it is?
(a) The war.
(b) Their poverty.
(c) Their schooling.
(d) Their parents.

3. Where does Hemingway put his racing budget?
(a) The bank.
(b) A safety deposit box.
(c) A box under his bed.
(d) A college fund for his children.

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

5. What does Hemingway like to do early in the morning?
(a) Walk.
(b) Ponder.
(c) Write.
(d) Read.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who invites Hemingway and his wife to dinner?

3. What kind of fish do the Paris fishermen catch?

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

5. What must Hemingway do in order to write about Paris?

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