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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While on the train, Frederic encounters. . .
(a) welcoming handshakes for serving the country.
(b) scornful looks from other soldiers.
(c) an old man as his seat companion.
(d) a friend of Catherine's.

2. Count Greffi provides Frederic with this advice about growing older.
(a) People gain wisdom through great care
(b) People grow more wary as they grow wiser
(c) People do not grow wiser, they grow more careful
(d) People care about growing wise

3. Despite Catherine's pregnancy going well so far, her. . .
(a) mental state is declining.
(b) body is now overtaxed.
(c) love for Frederic begins to wane.
(d) concern for the coming child may foreshadow problems.

4. Which character warns Frederic about the police coming?
(a) Count Greffi
(b) Fergy
(c) Emilio
(d) Rinaldi

5. Which character is excellent at billiards and asks Frederic to play a game?
(a) the bartender
(b) Fergy
(c) Count Greffi
(d) Rinaldi

6. When the men arrive in Udine, the battle police. . .
(a) arrest and question them.
(b) provide them with food and wine.
(c) insist they rest.
(d) seek medical treatment for their wounds.

7. These two men finally reach Udine:
(a) Frederic and Piani
(b) Frederic and Bonello
(c) Bonello and Piani
(d) Frederic and Aymo

8. After Frederic's son is born by a Cesarean section, Frederic. . .
(a) feels afraid of the baby.
(b) is ecstatic about his son.
(c) feels he was born to be a father.
(d) has no feeling toward fatherhood.

9. Once on foot, where do the women head?
(a) to bury the dead soldier
(b) with Frederic's group
(c) back to the farmhouse
(d) to the highway

10. Frederic and Catherine's reunion is_______ for the couple.
(a) bittersweet
(b) joyful
(c) disheartening
(d) confusing

11. This military situation for the Italians at this point in the novel is:
(a) grave
(b) triumphant
(c) neutral
(d) improving

12. Frederic's actions toward his jacket in Chapter 31 signify. . .
(a) he is ashamed of his officer status.
(b) he wants to protect himself.
(c) he is done with the army.
(d) he is slowly going crazy.

13. When Frederic returns from lunch, Catherine assures him. . .
(a) the baby will be a boy.
(b) she will not die.
(c) she cannot take any more pain.
(d) they can take the baby back to America.

14. Which statement best describes the attitude Frederic took when he first fired at the fleeing sergeants?
(a) unremorseful
(b) ashamed
(c) frantic
(d) regretful

15. What is the cargo of the car in which Frederic has stowed away?
(a) food
(b) guns
(c) tires
(d) medical supplies

Short Answer Questions

1. Life continues ____________ for Frederic and Catherine through the winter.

2. When he arrives in Stresa, Frederic asks the hotel bartender. . .

3. At the beginning of Chapter 41, Catherine refers to her labor pains as:

4. Before heading for Catherine, Frederic visits:

5. Hemingway's journalist writing style changes slightly in Chapter 32 to be more:

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