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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 does Bugs offer to Nick?
2. What does Nick say about his father?
3. What shocking event occurs this night for Nick, his father and Uncle George?
4. What does Krebs tell about the war?
5. What are Nick and Marjorie doing as the story begins?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Hemingway mean when the maid asks the wife if she has lost something and the wife replies that she had really wanted the cat but it is gone?
2. What is the setting for the story "The End of Something" in Chapter 3?
3. Why does Krebs have to resort to lying in order to make his military service seem more important when he returns home?
4. Explain the subject for "Big Two-Hearted River: Part I," the story for Chapter 14.
5. Explain the subject of the Memoir of Chapter 15.
6. Even though Nick initiated the break up with Marjorie, he is still overcome with emotion. How does Hemingway indicate this to the reader?
7. How does Hemingway use dialogue to indicate that the couple's marriage is probably doomed?
8. Describe the format of this book.
9. How does the story's setting also serve as a metaphor?
10. Why did the narrator make the point about the robbers being Hungarian--what is the irony in doing that?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explain the significance of the Memoir of Chapter 6 and the story that follows it--"A Very Short Story." How does the information in this Memoir flow into the Story? Is this different from the other examples in the book? Explain.
Essay Topic 2
In the story "The Battler" in Chapter 5, Nick is beaten by a train Brakeman but not punched at all by Ad Francis, a former prizefighter. Explain the irony in Nick's situation with these two different characters. What life lessons does Nick learn from each of them?
Essay Topic 3
Hemingway gives Nick the ability to see beyond immediate pain and discomfort by putting him in situations that give him hope. Cite some examples where Nick's mood and spirits lift when his hopeful nature takes over.
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