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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. How does Hemingway justify his time at the race track?
(a) He bets wisely.
(b) He writes about it.
(c) He usually wins.
(d) He limits his spending amount.

2. What does Hemingway make the man who interrupts him promise?
(a) To leave him alone for an hour.
(b) To start writing again.
(c) To not tell his friends about the cafe.
(d) To not come back to the cafe.

3. Why is Hemingway comfortable in poverty?
(a) He knows it is temporary.
(b) He will get a large inheritance soon.
(c) His wife still loves him.
(d) He loves his work.

4. What must Hemingway do in order to write about Paris?
(a) Take drugs.
(b) Get drunk.
(c) Leave Paris.
(d) Spend time with his family.

5. How many month's of savings does Hemingway's wife lose on a horse race?
(a) 8.
(b) 4.
(c) 10.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Hemingway avoid the Cafe De Amateurs?

2. How does Hemingway say he feels about the privacy at his cafe?

3. What does Hemingway carry for luck?

4. What ends Hemingway's time in Paris?

5. When does Hemingway stop writing for the day?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Hemingway's wife say when she hears about the Shakespeare's company?

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

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

5. Why does Stein dislike Ezra Pound's work?

6. What kind of racing does Mike say he prefers, and why?

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

8. How does Hemingway lose his stories?

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

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

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