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

2. What does Hemingway's wife say that Hemingway often has in his life to help him?
(a) Skill.
(b) Good timing.
(c) Luck.
(d) Friends.

3. What distracts Hemingway from his writing at the beginning of the book?
(a) A pretty girl.
(b) A man singing.
(c) A gust of wind.
(d) A knocking on his door.

4. How does Hadley always feel at the racetrack?
(a) Excited.
(b) Manipulated.
(c) Nervous.
(d) Full of life.

5. How does Hemingway feel when he finishes a story?
(a) Satisfied and bored.
(b) Lonely and afraid.
(c) Angry and alone.
(d) Happy and sad.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of fish do the Paris fishermen catch?

2. What country sent a letter for Hemingway to the Shakespeare and Company?

3. Who introduces Hemingway to many famous authors and artists?

4. What does Hemingway carry for luck?

5. Who types up Gertrude's writing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the man who interrupts Hemingway complain about, and how does Hemingway try to help him?

2. What does Hemingway do when he is interrupted at his cafe?

3. How does Hemingway feel about Stein's definition of the Lost Generation?

4. How does finishing a story make Hemingway feel?

5. How does Hemingway describe the fishermen along the Seine?

6. Why does Ford get mad at the waiter from the cafe?

7. Who does Stein say belongs to the Lost Generation?

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

9. Where does Hemingway do a lot of his writing?

10. How does Hemingway feel about Stein's writing?

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