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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 scold Shipman for when they first meet in Paris?
(a) Not wearing warm clothes.
(b) Cheating on his wife.
(c) Being too thin.
(d) Ordering whiskey so early in the day.

2. What word does Hemingway use to describe Lewis's personality?
(a) Nasty.
(b) Obscene.
(c) Loud.
(d) Off color.

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

4. What animal does Hemingway compare Wyndham Lewis to?
(a) A dog.
(b) A tiger.
(c) A frog.
(d) A bear.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where does Fitzgerald meet Hemingway when they visit again in Paris?

4. How does a man die when Hemingway is watching in the mountains?

5. How does Hemingway feel about many of Stein's new friends?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How was Bel Esprit supposed to work out?

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

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

8. What surprises Hemingway about Fitzgerald's car?

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

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

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