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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ford order when he sits with Hemingway at the cafe?

2. What does Hemingway carry for luck?

3. What language does Hemingway say certain races have to be written in?

4. What must Hemingway do in order to write about Paris?

5. What does Sylvia Beach decorate her store with?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Hemingway say he never wrote about some of the greatest moments he witnessed in bicycle racing?

2. What does Hemingway like about his favorite cafe in Paris?

3. How does Hemingway feel about Stein's writing?

4. How does Hemingway feel about Stein's definition of the Lost Generation?

5. What does Hemingway say is the best thing about his dates at the races with his wife?

6. How does Hemingway feel when he first enters Shakespeare and Company?

7. Why does Hemingway say he does not fish himself?

8. What does Hemingway think about after making love to his wife after winning at the races?

9. How do Hemingway and his wife respond to the news of his lost writings?

10. Where do many of Hemingway's stories take place, and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What happens when Fitzgerald dies, and what significance does this have on Hemingway's life? Who is involved in the tragedy there, and what does this monumental event mean to Hemingway?

Essay Topic 2

Courage and fear were two attributes that were seen a number of times in this book. Where do they appear, and how does the presence of these feelings change the people who are involved in those moments?

Essay Topic 3

The people in this book all had their own goals and motivations. Select four people and write their main motivation throughout the book, and how this goal affected the people around them.

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