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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 kind of books did Hemingway read when he first joined Shakespeare and Company?
(a) Polish.
(b) Russian.
(c) Belgium.
(d) Hungarian.

2. What is Zelda most jealous of in her life?
(a) Her husband's intellect.
(b) Her husband's work.
(c) Her husband's friends.
(d) Her husband's lovers.

3. What disappoints Hemingway about Fitzgerald's writing?
(a) It is too commercial.
(b) It is slow to progress.
(c) It is so somber.
(d) It is repetetive.

4. What does Stein call her companion?
(a) Princess.
(b) Priceless.
(c) Petal.
(d) Pussy.

5. What does Hemingway call the cafes where the other writers frequent?
(a) The Primitive Cafes.
(b) The Principal Cafes.
(c) The Primary Cafes.
(d) The Primeval Cafes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Evan Shipman meet Hemingway in Paris?

2. What is the name of Hemingway's son?

3. Why does Zelda have a fight with Fitzgerald at a party?

4. How many models are with Pascin when Hemingway meets him?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does James Joyce ask Hemingway after Walsh's death?

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

4. Why does Shipman say Jean is already in trouble with the cafe he works at?

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

6. What does Pascin ask Hemingway when they see each other at a cafe?

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

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

9. What does Hemingway say about Dostoyevsky's writing?

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

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