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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 does Hemingway first meet Fitzgerald?

2. How does a man die when Hemingway is watching in the mountains?

3. Where does Hemingway spend the money he was going to give to Bel Esprit?

4. What does Walsh die from?

5. What is Fitzgerald's wife's name?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Fitzgerald start to act when he is drunk after his summer trip?

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

3. What big secret does Fitzgerald confide in Hemingway about?

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

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

6. How was Bel Esprit supposed to work out?

7. What does Hemingway love most about his friend, Ezra Pound?

8. What surprises Hemingway about Fitzgerald's car?

9. How does Walsh die, and how does Hemingway try to help him at the end of his life?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Each of Hemingway's writer friends had very different characteristics and personalities. What are the defining features of each of these people, and how did their individuality affect Hemingway's life?

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