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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 is the young couple sitting when they talk about an unnamed activity?

2. How old is the old man at the bridge?

3. Where are the waiters working in "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place"?

4. What are the Roman soldiers talking about in "Today is Friday"?

5. Why is Guy stopped by a fascist officer?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Guy's car stopped as he travels through Italy, and what does he have to do to continue?

3. What does the young couple reveal to the older American woman as the train stops?

4. What is Harold's one criteria in a wife?

5. Why does Jack get a hotel room for the night of his last boxing match?

6. How does the American couple feel about the trip Peduzzi takes them on, and why?

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

8. How does Nick feel about his life in 'Big Two-Hearted River'?

9. What is the story behind the burial that the two men witness while skiing?

10. What happens when Turner catches up with William Campbell?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There were a number of unfair restrictions discussed in these stories. What are some of these restrictions, and how does their presence affect the stories they are discussed in?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Despair was an emotion that affected a number of the characters in these stories. Which characters are most affected by despair, and how does this change the course of the plots they are involved in?

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