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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 Sylvia Beach decorate her store with?
(a) Pictures of authors.
(b) Symbols from literature.
(c) Pages of books.
(d) Random photographs.

2. What ends Hemingway's time in Paris?
(a) An affair.
(b) He is robbed.
(c) A bankruptcy.
(d) Hadley's death.

3. What does Hemingway like to write in?
(a) Notebooks.
(b) Journals.
(c) Calendars.
(d) Old books.

4. Where does Hemingway do much of his writing?
(a) A cafe.
(b) A hotel room.
(c) A park bench.
(d) His restroom.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Hemingway get a lot of inspiration?

2. How does Hemingway describe the part of Paris that he and his family lived in?

3. What does Hemingway say is the best thing about his times at the racetrack?

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

5. What is Mike Ward's occupation?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hemingway describe the Shakespeare and Company shop?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Hemingway think about after making love to his wife after winning at the races?

8. What does Hemingway carry with him at all times for luck?

9. Where do many of Hemingway's stories take place, and why?

10. How does Hemingway feel when he first enters Shakespeare and Company?

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