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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. Where does Hemingway hide the jar that Ezra gives him when he leaves town?
(a) A locked drawer.
(b) An old boot.
(c) A war chest.
(d) A lamp shade.

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

3. What does Fitzgerald blame for his inability to write?
(a) Paris.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) His friends.
(d) Zelda.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Dunning's occupation?

2. What animal does Hemingway compare Wyndham Lewis to?

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

4. What does Stein call her companion?

5. Why does Hemingway leave the cafe Select?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How are things with Fitzgerald when he moves to the villa?

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

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

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

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

9. How was Bel Esprit supposed to work out?

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

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