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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is sold at Lipp's?
(a) Maps.
(b) Books.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Food.

2. What does Hemingway like to write in?
(a) Old books.
(b) Journals.
(c) Notebooks.
(d) Calendars.

3. Where does Hemingway work the day after he is interrupted?
(a) Another cafe.
(b) Shakespeare and Company.
(c) His house.
(d) A library.

4. Where does Hemingway hope his stories will be sold one day?
(a) France.
(b) Germany.
(c) England.
(d) America.

5. Who introduces Hemingway to many famous authors and artists?
(a) Alice.
(b) His wife.
(c) Gertrude.
(d) Fitzgerald.

6. How many of Hemingway's racing stories survive?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

7. What word does the man who interrupts Hemingway use to describe Hemingway's writing?
(a) Abstract.
(b) Stark.
(c) Unreal.
(d) Exposed.

8. What does Hemingway say all critics start every sentence with?
(a) Their opinion.
(b) Their name.
(c) A grumble.
(d) A long word.

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

10. Where does Hemingway get a lot of inspiration?
(a) Statues.
(b) Paintings.
(c) Illustrations.
(d) Music.

11. What bad habit does Stein think Hemingway takes to the extreme?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Walking.
(c) Gambling.
(d) Taking drugs.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Hemingway say would make the story about the interruption more interesting?

4. What does Hemingway make the man who interrupts him promise?

5. Where is Sylvia Beach from?

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