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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Frederic do until the spring?
(a) Visits his home
(b) Works as an ambulance driver
(c) Goes on leave
(d) Is in the hospital

2. It is __________ when Frederic and Catherine part at the train station.
(a) windy
(b) snowing
(c) sunny
(d) raining

3. Catherine gives Frederic ______________ before he leaves on his new orders.
(a) her Saint Anthony necklace
(b) her lace hankerchief
(c) a picture of herself
(d) a silver locket

4. This is Frederic Henry's occupation:
(a) mess cook
(b) infantryman
(c) battle police
(d) ambulance driver

5. This character provides the tips on the horse races:
(a) Mr. Myers
(b) Mrs. Myers
(c) Crowell Rodgers
(d) Helen Ferguson

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 19, Frederic is spending his days ________________.

2. By the beginning of Chapter 14, the nurse with which Frederic seems to get along best with at the Milan hospital is:

3. In Chapter 26, Frederic states his belief that:

4. What does Frederic tell the priest he does to cope with the war?

5. In Chapter 19, Catherine says she is afraid of ________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What do we learn about Frederic's attitude toward love in Chapter 11?

2. Describe the couple's goodbye at the station.

3. Describe Frederic's attitude toward his own mortality.

4. When attempting to describe their feelings for one another, the couple states they are playing "games." Describe the games and offer a suggestion as to why each character acts in this manner.

5. How might Frederic's viewpoint toward the war change after his injury?

6. Describe the friendship between Frederic and Rinaldi.

7. Discuss Hemingway's use of irony in the scene between Frederic and the barber.

8. Compare and contrast Frederic and Catherine's access to alone time with that of an average young adult couple today.

9. Describe the differences in Rinaldi.

10. The priest describes the men as "gentler." Discuss the changes he has seen in the soldiers.

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