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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 must Hemingway do in order to write about Paris?

2. What does Hemingway order for himself while he is writing at the beginning of the book?

3. What country sent a letter for Hemingway to the Shakespeare and Company?

4. What is Hemingway's wife's name?

5. Where did Hemingway meet Chink?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hemingway describe the Shakespeare and Company shop?

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

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

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

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

6. Why does Hemingway feel comfortable in his state of poverty?

7. How does finishing a story make Hemingway feel?

8. What happens when Hadley bets on a long shot at the races?

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

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

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

Which person did you relate with the most in this book? Why is this? How did this person change throughout the book?

Essay Topic 3

How does the relationship between Hemingway and Hadley change throughout the course of this book, and how do these changes affect the people around them?

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