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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. How does Hemingway define his friendship with Stein?

2. What does Hemingway talk about at the beginning of the book?

3. How many of Hemingway's racing stories survive?

4. What does Stein think caused Hemingway's generation to be the way it is?

5. How many race tracks does Hemingway switch off between?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Where do the booksellers find most of the English books they sell?

4. Where does Hemingway do a lot of his writing?

5. Where does Stein first hear the phrase, 'The Lost Generation'?

6. How does Stein think Hemingway views homosexuals?

7. Who does the caped man turn out to be?

8. How does Hemingway describe the fishermen along the Seine?

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

10. What did Hemingway say would make his story about the interrupter more interesting?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Hemingway endures many different trials before the end of the book. What are some of these trials and what lessons does he learn through these experiences?

Essay Topic 3

What are some of the defining moments in Hemingway's friendship with Fitzgerald, and how did these moments affect Hemingway's life?

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