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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 is the name of Hemingway's son?

2. Why does Hemingway continue to live in Paris?

3. What does Hemingway scold Shipman for when they first meet in Paris?

4. Where does Fitzgerald meet Hemingway when they visit again in Paris?

5. What causes the strange transformation in Fitzgerald when Hemingway first meets him?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Dunning do when Hemingway brings him a jar of opium?

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

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

5. Why does Shipman say Jean is already in trouble with the cafe he works at?

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

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

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

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

10. What is the hardest writing project Hemingway ever completed, and where does he do it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Love was a very important attribute and motivating factor in this book. Which people were most affected by this theme? Which relationships were the most significant to Hemingway's life and why?

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

What happens when Fitzgerald dies, and what significance does this have on Hemingway's life? Who is involved in the tragedy there, and what does this monumental event mean to Hemingway?

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