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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nick fix for breakfast?

2. What does the traveler buy when he visits various towns?

3. What makes the husband nervous as they walk through the streets of town?

4. Why does the husband decide to return to the hotel?

5. What are Mr. and Mrs. Elliot unsuccessful at achieving?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the use of irony in the life and death situation in the logging camp where the Indian woman gives birth at the same time that her husband commits suicide. How does this experience affect Nick's outlook on life? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Hemingway writes about women giving birth or wanting a child in several of the stories. What is the significance of the birth theme to these stories? In literature in general?

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