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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Dunning's occupation?
(a) Editor.
(b) Waiter.
(c) Poet.
(d) Photographer.

2. Why does Zelda get excited when her husband drinks some wine?
(a) He spends more money when he is drunk.
(b) He is easier to manipulate when he is drunk.
(c) He is nicer to her when he is drunk.
(d) He can't work when he is drunk.

3. What is Zelda most jealous of in her life?
(a) Her husband's lovers.
(b) Her husband's work.
(c) Her husband's friends.
(d) Her husband's intellect.

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

5. What excuse does Hemingway try to give when he leaves Stein's house before she goes on vacation?
(a) He has a sick friend.
(b) He had an important meeting.
(c) He was drunk.
(d) His wife is in the hospital.

6. What disappoints Hemingway about Fitzgerald's writing?
(a) It is repetetive.
(b) It is slow to progress.
(c) It is so somber.
(d) It is too commercial.

7. Why does Hemingway want to leave Stein's house before she leaves on her vacation?
(a) He heard her having a fight.
(b) He didn't like what she said.
(c) He wanted to be with his wife.
(d) He was disgusted by the maid.

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

9. What is the name of Ezra Pound's wife?
(a) Dana.
(b) Danielle.
(c) Dorothy.
(d) Darla.

10. What did Fitzgerald start to look like while he was talking to Hemingway for the first time?
(a) An old man.
(b) An angelic being.
(c) A skeleton.
(d) A young boy.

11. Who else does Walsh offer the literary award to?
(a) Ezra Pound.
(b) T. S. Elliot.
(c) James Joyce.
(d) D. H. Lawrence.

12. What is the name of Hemingway's son?
(a) Bumby.
(b) Benny.
(c) Bryan.
(d) Bryant.

13. Where does Evan Shipman meet Hemingway in Paris?
(a) A museum.
(b) A cafe.
(c) Ezra Pound's studio.
(d) Hemingway's house.

14. What is Fitzgerald's big secret?
(a) He wants Zelda to die.
(b) He has cheated on Zelda often.
(c) He has never slept with anyone except Zelda.
(d) He thinks he might be gay.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Dunning climb to after he returns from the asylum?

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

3. Why does Zelda have a fight with Fitzgerald at a party?

4. Why does Hemingway continue to live in Paris?

5. What does Fitzgerald say when he first meets Hemingway?

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