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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 do most of Hemingway's stories take place?
(a) In urban areas.
(b) Outdoors.
(c) In universities.
(d) Near the ocean.

2. What does Ford chastise Hemingway for while they sit together at a cafe?
(a) Talking too fast.
(b) Drinking brandy.
(c) Cheating on his wife.
(d) Snubbing Belloc.

3. What is less challenging to Hemingway in Paris after his winter vacation?
(a) The language.
(b) The hills.
(c) The coldness.
(d) The strange people.

4. What does Gertrude say Hemingway should NOT write?
(a) Personal details.
(b) Things the public won't understand.
(c) Things that can't be published.
(d) Biographical sketches.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hemingway say all critics start every sentence with?

2. How many of Hemingway's racing stories survive?

3. What author does Stein recommend that Hemingway read?

4. How does Hemingway justify his time at the race track?

5. Where is Sylvia Beach from?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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