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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 Dunning throw at Hemingway when he visits Dunning after his episode?
(a) Firewood.
(b) A stack of books.
(c) Milk.
(d) A fire poker.

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

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

4. What is the name of Ezra Pound's wife?
(a) Danielle.
(b) Dana.
(c) Darla.
(d) Dorothy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What disappoints Hemingway about Fitzgerald's writing?

2. Where did Hemingway want to go before he went to visit the cafes where the other writers frequent?

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

4. Why does Zelda get excited when her husband drinks some wine?

5. Why does Hemingway continue to live in Paris?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hemingway try to help Fitzgerald after hearing his secret?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Hemingway love most about his friend, Ezra Pound?

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

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

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

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