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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 bar does Fitzgerald go to after his talk with Hemingway?

2. What does Fitzgerald blame for his inability to write?

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

4. Where is Hemingway when he meets Ernest Walsh?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What surprises Hemingway about Fitzgerald's car?

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

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

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

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

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

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

What are some of the defining moments in Hemingway's friendship with Fitzgerald, and how did these moments affect Hemingway's life?

Essay Topic 3

How does the relationship between Hemingway and Hadley change throughout the course of this book, and how do these changes affect the people around them?

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