View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of paper does Hemingway buy after the goatherd passes?
(a) Literary.
(b) Economic.
(c) Racing.
(d) American.

2. What is Ford's occupation?
(a) Actor.
(b) Soldier.
(c) Poet.
(d) Publisher.

3. What does Hemingway order for himself while he is writing at the beginning of the book?
(a) Gin and Tonic.
(b) Tequilla.
(c) Vodka.
(d) A rum.

4. What does Gertrude think of the story 'Up in Michigan'?
(a) It is stale.
(b) It is obscene.
(c) It is abstract.
(d) It is predictable.

5. What does Stein like Hemingway to talk about?
(a) His writing techniques.
(b) His journalism travels.
(c) Stories from the war.
(d) His past romances.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hemingway like to watch while he reads?

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

3. Where is the newspaper located that Hemingway writes for?

4. What other kind of racing does Hemingway become involved in?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Stein think Hemingway views homosexuals?

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

4. Why does Hemingway say he feels the way he does about homosexuals?

5. What is Hemingway's wife excited about when he returns to their apartment at the beginning of the book?

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

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

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

9. How does Hemingway justify the time he spends at the race track, and why is this ironic?

10. How does Hemingway feel after his large meal at the nice restaurant?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 665 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample