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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. Why does Hemingway want to leave Stein's house before she leaves on her vacation?
(a) He wanted to be with his wife.
(b) He was disgusted by the maid.
(c) He didn't like what she said.
(d) He heard her having a fight.

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

3. What is the name of the owner of the bar that Fitzgerald frequented?
(a) Georges.
(b) Graham.
(c) Gregory.
(d) Greggors.

4. What bar does Fitzgerald go to after his talk with Hemingway?
(a) Ritz.
(b) Reinats.
(c) Ring.
(d) Remington.

5. What makes Hemingway constantly hungry when he is in the mountains?
(a) Voracious reading.
(b) Good conversation.
(c) Making love.
(d) Hiking and skiing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hemingway find odd about Fitzgerald's body?

2. What does the Pilot Fish attract to the mountains?

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

4. Where does Hemingway have an affair?

5. What is Fitzgerald's wife's name?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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