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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hemingway order for himself while he is writing at the beginning of the book?
(a) Gin and Tonic.
(b) A rum.
(c) Vodka.
(d) Tequilla.

2. What does Hemingway talk about at the beginning of the book?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) The war.
(c) Bad weather.
(d) Strange women.

3. What kind of paper does Hemingway buy after the goatherd passes?
(a) American.
(b) Economic.
(c) Literary.
(d) Racing.

4. What does Hemingway like to sit under at his favorite cafe?
(a) Flags.
(b) Banners.
(c) Trees.
(d) Verdanas.

5. What does Hemingway say he did not have enough money for?
(a) Books.
(b) Sweets.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Clothing.

6. How much money was in the envelope for Hemingway at the Shakespeare and Company?
(a) 300 Francs.
(b) 1200 Frans.
(c) 600 Francs.
(d) 1800 Francs.

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

8. Who invites Hemingway and his wife to dinner?
(a) James Joyce.
(b) Gertrude.
(c) Fitzgerald.
(d) Sylvia.

9. How does Hemingway feel when he first enters Sylvia's store?
(a) Nervous.
(b) Annoyed.
(c) Angry.
(d) Shy.

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

11. How does Hemingway describe the part of Paris that he and his family lived in?
(a) Poor.
(b) Safe.
(c) Crowded.
(d) Rich.

12. Why does Hemingway feel the way he does when he first enters Sylvia's store?
(a) He knows famous people frequent the store.
(b) He is not dressed well.
(c) He does not have the money for the lending club.
(d) He is very attracted to Sylvia.

13. What is Gertrude's last name?
(a) Strait.
(b) Stein.
(c) Stall.
(d) Strick.

14. What does Hemingway like to think Cezanne felt while he was painting?
(a) Love.
(b) Desire.
(c) Hunger.
(d) Loneliness.

15. Why does Mike NOT like horse racing?
(a) You have to bet to enjoy it.
(b) He has lost a lot of money there.
(c) He thinks the horses are badly treated.
(d) The races are too short.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Hemingway say all critics start every sentence with?

3. Why does Stein dislike Ezra Pound?

4. What kind of people used to frequent Hemingway's favorite cafe?

5. What odd article of clothing was Belloc wearing when Hemingway first saw him?

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