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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. Hemingway's journalist writing style changes slightly in Chapter 32 to be more:
(a) humorous
(b) immature
(c) curt
(d) expressive

2. Frederic's son dies from:
(a) inability to breathe
(b) pneumonia
(c) fetal distress in utero
(d) a hemorrhage

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

4. Catherine's awareness of the severity of the situation is apparent when she comments how life _______________ if she were not pregnant:
(a) would be perfect
(b) would be less confusing
(c) would be simpler
(d) would be less adventerous

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The fact that one man from Frederic's group gave himself up to the Germans as a prisoner or war tells Frederic that. . .

3. After being arrested, Frederic lies to the police and tells them. . .

4. During the retreat, the men stop in ________ to change the oil on the ambulances.

5. Frederic borrows ____________ from his singer friend.

Short Essay Questions

1. What major decision does Frederic resolve in his mind on his train trip to Milan? Is he sure of his decision?

2. How do Catherine and Frederic circumvent the border patrol?

3. Summarize the discussion between Frederic and the bartender regarding news of the war.

4. Discuss the change in Hemingway's writing style, and what does this change denote?

5. Do you think Frederic's morale was affected by being ordered to retreat? Do you think the Italian soldiers' morale was affected? If yes, how so?

6. What is the significance of Frederic's actions when he emerges from the river?

7. Would you trust your friends or people who offer to help you if you were in Frederic's situation?

8. Does Frederic's killing of one of the soldiers make him more or less of a leader?

9. Although seemingly content in his new life, what issue remains troubling to Frederic in Chapter 38?

10. Contrast Gino's attitude toward patriotism with Frederic's attitude.

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