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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 fills the muddy roads leading out of the city?

2. What does Boulton call Nick's father?

3. What is a quai?

4. What does Nick do when he learns that his mother wants to see him?

5. Who comes for Nick's father for help while he and Nick are on a fishing trip?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the scenario for the story in Chapter 2?

2. Explain the subject for "Big Two-Hearted River: Part I," the story for Chapter 14.

3. What is a quai and what is its significance to the story?

4. Who is the narrator of the Memoir for Chapter 13, and with whom does he interact in this very short scene?

5. Why does Hemingway insert the sullen waitress at the inn?

6. What are the circumstances of the "On the Quai at Smyrna" story?

7. Describe the character Peduzzi in the Story in Chapter 11.

8. Why does the ending of his relationship with his nurse particularly wound Nick?

9. How does Hemingway end the story on a more hopeful note than how it began?

10. What is the topic of the Memoir for Chapter 1?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

War is a recurring theme in the Memoirs and in some of the Stories in the book. How are killing and war perceived by the young men when it seems like sport at first? How do the perceptions change when they are seriously wounded, as Nick is? How do they manage the aftermath of war and the personal toll it takes on them?

Essay Topic 2

There is a saying that "There are no atheists in foxholes." Explain the significance of this saying in light of the Memoir in Chapter 7 where the young soldier prays fervently while under siege.

Essay Topic 3

Develop a character study of Agnes von Kurowsky. Why is she important to Nick? Is it because she is caring for his physical wounds? Would Nick have fallen in love with Agnes if they had met in different circumstances? Explain.

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