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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. Where is Sylvia Beach from?

2. What does Sylvia Beach scold Hemingway for?

3. Who types up Gertrude's writing?

4. Where does the story that Hemingway is writing at the beginning of the book take place?

5. What does Hemingway's wife want to buy to have at the race track?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Hemingway writing about Michigan while he is in Paris?

2. What is Hemingway's wife excited about when he returns to their apartment at the beginning of the book?

3. What does Hemingway carry with him at all times for luck?

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

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

6. How do two of Hemingway's stories survive?

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

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

9. What does Hemingway do when he is interrupted at his cafe?

10. What does the man who interrupts Hemingway complain about, and how does Hemingway try to help him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hemingway and Pond were both very dynamic leaders and father figures in this book. What are the differences in the two styles of leadership, and how do these differences affect their careers, their family, and their role in each other's lives?

Essay Topic 2

Alice was a person who was seen very little in this book, but whose presence made a big difference in Hemingway's life. How does she accomplish this? What are some ways that her presence, however brief, altered Hemingway's life? What would have happened differently if she had not been in the book at all?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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