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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 writer's main job in "Banal Story"?

2. Where are the Roman soldiers meeting in "Today is Friday"?

3. What is the name of the horse that kills Joey's father?

4. How does Nick get home after ending his relationship with Marjorie?

5. What does the narrator find after the first storm?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Harold's mother worried about him when he returns from the war, and what does she have him do?

2. What happens on the first day of Francis Macomber's hunting trip?

3. What does Nick's father tell him on the 4th of July, and how does Nick respond?

4. Why does the patient want to be castrated, and what happens to him?

5. What are the officers in "In Another Country" doing in Milan?

6. How does Paco from "The Capital of the World" die?

7. What does Jim do with Liz after returning from his hunting trip?

8. What is Nick doing when he meets Adolph Francis and Bugs?

9. What does Nick tell Anderson, and how does Anderson respond?

10. What are the two prostitutes in "The Light of the World" arguing about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hemingway includes some ingenious forms of irony in these stories. What are some of these examples, and how does their ironic nature affect the plot of the stories they are included in?

Essay Topic 2

Failure is a strong theme in these stories. Which of the plot lines best displays this theme, and which characters are most affected by it?

Essay Topic 3

Protection is a strong theme in these stories. Where does this theme appear, and which characters are most affected by the presence of this theme?

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