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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 does Hemingway hide the jar that Ezra gives him when he leaves town?
(a) A lamp shade.
(b) A war chest.
(c) An old boot.
(d) A locked drawer.

2. What does Fitzgerald say when he first meets Hemingway?
(a) He compliments Hemingway's work.
(b) He asks about Paris culture.
(c) He tries to set Hemingway up with a girl.
(d) He asks Hemingway's opinion on his own writing.

3. Where did T.S. Elliot work before he became a great writer?
(a) A hotel.
(b) A bank.
(c) A school.
(d) A bar.

4. What does Ezra give Hemingway a jar of before he leaves town?
(a) Silver dust.
(b) Soil.
(c) Opium.
(d) Brandy.

5. What is Fitzgerald's big secret?
(a) He has never slept with anyone except Zelda.
(b) He has cheated on Zelda often.
(c) He thinks he might be gay.
(d) He wants Zelda to die.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hemingway call his affair in the book?

2. What is the name of Ezra Pound's wife?

3. What does Hemingway say the great treasure of living in Paris is?

4. What does Hemingway bring to Dunning when he has an episode after returning from the asylum?

5. What excuse does Hemingway try to give when he leaves Stein's house before she goes on vacation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Fitzgerald say he does after he writes his stories?

2. What does Hemingway do after hearing the exchange between Stein and Toklas?

3. What big secret does Fitzgerald confide in Hemingway about?

4. What is the Pilot Fish and what does he do?

5. What does Dunning do when Hemingway brings him a jar of opium?

6. How was Bel Esprit supposed to work out?

7. How does Walsh die, and how does Hemingway try to help him at the end of his life?

8. How does Fitzgerald start to act when he is drunk after his summer trip?

9. Why does Hemingway think Dunning reacted the way he did to the jar of opium?

10. How does Pascin die, and how does Hemingway like to remember him?

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