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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Pascin die?
(a) He shot himself.
(b) He overdosed on drugs.
(c) He had a venerial disease.
(d) He hung himself.

2. Where does Hemingway spend the money he was going to give to Bel Esprit?
(a) A restaurant.
(b) The race tracks.
(c) The book store.
(d) The bars.

3. What does Walsh die from?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Typhoid Fever.
(c) A venerial disease.
(d) He hangs himself.

4. What is Fitzgerald's wife's name?
(a) Helga.
(b) Hetti.
(c) Zelda.
(d) Zari.

5. What does Hemingway bring to Dunning when he has an episode after returning from the asylum?
(a) Some sedatives.
(b) A book to read.
(c) The silver dust.
(d) The opium.

6. What is the name of the owner of the bar that Fitzgerald frequented?
(a) Gregory.
(b) Georges.
(c) Greggors.
(d) Graham.

7. Where did Hemingway want to go before he went to visit the cafes where the other writers frequent?
(a) The Louvre.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) Shakespeare and Company.
(d) The horse track.

8. What makes Hemingway constantly hungry when he is in the mountains?
(a) Hiking and skiing.
(b) Good conversation.
(c) Making love.
(d) Voracious reading.

9. What does Fitzgerald say when he first meets Hemingway?
(a) He tries to set Hemingway up with a girl.
(b) He asks Hemingway's opinion on his own writing.
(c) He asks about Paris culture.
(d) He compliments Hemingway's work.

10. Where did T.S. Elliot work before he became a great writer?
(a) A bar.
(b) A hotel.
(c) A school.
(d) A bank.

11. What does Hemingway call his affair in the book?
(a) The other thing.
(b) The beginning of the end.
(c) The change.
(d) The infiltration.

12. What does Fitzgerald blame for his inability to write?
(a) Zelda.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) His friends.
(d) Paris.

13. Where is Hemingway when he meets Ernest Walsh?
(a) Shakespeare and Company.
(b) Pounds' studio.
(c) Stein's ballroom.
(d) A cafe.

14. How does a man die when Hemingway is watching in the mountains?
(a) An avalanche.
(b) He has pneumonia.
(c) He is stabbed.
(d) He falls off a cliff.

15. What does Hemingway scold Shipman for when they first meet in Paris?
(a) Cheating on his wife.
(b) Being too thin.
(c) Ordering whiskey so early in the day.
(d) Not wearing warm clothes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What disappoints Hemingway about Fitzgerald's writing?

2. What does Hemingway suggest Fitzgerald do to solve his problem?

3. What does the Pilot Fish attract to the mountains?

4. What is the name of Hemingway's son?

5. What does Dunning throw at Hemingway when he visits Dunning after his episode?

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