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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 Hemingway want to leave Stein's house before she leaves on her vacation?

2. What does Hemingway call the cafes where the other writers frequent?

3. What is the name of the waiter who serves Hemingway and Shipman?

4. Where does Hemingway first meet Fitzgerald?

5. What is the name of Ezra Pound's wife?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Hemingway think Dunning reacted the way he did to the jar of opium?

5. What surprises Hemingway about Fitzgerald's car?

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

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

8. What does Hemingway do after hearing the exchange between Stein and Toklas?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was Hemingway's preferred writing process, and how did he come to create this process?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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

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