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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Ford say Hemingway looks when he sits with him at the cafe?
(a) Angry.
(b) Dreamy.
(c) Thin.
(d) Glum.

3. When does Hemingway stop writing for the day?
(a) When he starts to feel rushed.
(b) When it gets too boring.
(c) When he can't figure out what to do next.
(d) When he knows what will happen next.

4. Why does Hemingway know where Ford's party is being held?
(a) He has heard of it before.
(b) He walks by it daily.
(c) He has attended parties there before.
(d) He lived above it.

5. What is the current occupation of the man who interrupts Hemingway at the cafe?
(a) Editor.
(b) Critic.
(c) Publisher.
(d) Writer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Hemingway say he does not fish himself?

2. Who types up Gertrude's writing?

3. How much money was in the envelope for Hemingway at the Shakespeare and Company?

4. What does Sylvia Beach decorate her store with?

5. What does Ford accuse his waiter of doing while he is with Hemingway at the cafe?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do the booksellers find most of the English books they sell?

2. How do Hemingway and his wife respond to the news of his lost writings?

3. What does Hemingway do to make his stories more poetic?

4. Why does Ford say he is a gentleman and Hemingway is not?

5. Why is Hemingway writing about Michigan while he is in Paris?

6. What does Hemingway say is the best thing about his dates at the races with his wife?

7. How does Hemingway lose his stories?

8. How do two of Hemingway's stories survive?

9. What did Hemingway say would make his story about the interrupter more interesting?

10. Where does Stein first hear the phrase, 'The Lost Generation'?

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