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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. Why does Zelda have a fight with Fitzgerald at a party?

2. What kind of authors does Pound tell Hemingway to read?

3. What does Walsh hate being called?

4. What animal does Hemingway compare Wyndham Lewis to?

5. Where did Hemingway want to go before he went to visit the cafes where the other writers frequent?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Pascin ask Hemingway when they see each other at a cafe?

3. What causes the end of Hemingway's friendship with Stein?

4. How are things with Fitzgerald when he moves to the villa?

5. What does Fitzgerald say he does after he writes his stories?

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

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

8. How does Pascin die, and how does Hemingway like to remember him?

9. How does Hemingway try to help Fitzgerald after hearing his secret?

10. What surprises Hemingway about Fitzgerald's car?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Death and mortality were two integral themes in Hemingway's life. What are some of the key examples of this theme, and how did the presence of this affect Hemingway's relationships?

Essay Topic 2

How is the theme of diversity shown in this book, and which people are most affected by this?

Essay Topic 3

Anger was a vice that reared its ugly head a number of times in this book. What are some examples of this, and how was Hemingway's life altered because of these incidents?

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