View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Fitzgerald meet Hemingway when they visit again in Paris?
(a) Hemingway's house.
(b) A cafe.
(c) Shakespeare and Company.
(d) A restaurant.

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

3. Why does Hemingway leave the cafe Select?
(a) He sees a woman he has desired.
(b) His wife is there.
(c) He sees the man he insulted.
(d) He sees someone who would talk about horses.

4. Where is Ernest Walsh from?
(a) Canada.
(b) Ireland.
(c) Italy.
(d) France.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Hemingway leave a message with when he fails to see Stein before she leaves on vacation?

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

3. What kind of books did Hemingway read when he first joined Shakespeare and Company?

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

5. What is the name of the waiter who serves Hemingway and Shipman?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 716 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample