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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 Hemingway suggest Fitzgerald do to solve his problem?
(a) Look at statues at the Louvre.
(b) Ignore what his wife says to him.
(c) Get a divorce.
(d) Keep Zelda's picture with him.

2. Who does Hemingway leave a message with when he fails to see Stein before she leaves on vacation?
(a) Alice.
(b) The butler.
(c) The maid.
(d) Another friend.

3. What does Hemingway say the great treasure of living in Paris is?
(a) Having a high population.
(b) Having time to read.
(c) Being immersed in culture.
(d) Never being lonely.

4. Who lets Hemingway into the house when Stein is not home?
(a) The next door neighbor.
(b) The maid.
(c) Alice.
(d) Himself.

5. What does Hemingway bring to Dunning when he has an episode after returning from the asylum?
(a) A book to read.
(b) Some sedatives.
(c) The opium.
(d) The silver dust.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Hemingway spend the money he was going to give to Bel Esprit?

2. Where does Evan Shipman meet Hemingway in Paris?

3. Why does Hemingway continue to live in Paris?

4. What kind of books did Hemingway read when he first joined Shakespeare and Company?

5. What causes the strange transformation in Fitzgerald when Hemingway first meets him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What surprises Hemingway about Fitzgerald's car?

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

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

4. What is the hardest writing project Hemingway ever completed, and where does he do it?

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

6. What causes the end of Hemingway's friendship with Stein?

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

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. What does Hemingway say about Dostoyevsky's writing?

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