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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Joe's father's profession?

2. What do Nick and his friend realize as they talk?

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

4. What does Nick use for bait?

5. What kind of feeling does the wife have when she returns to her husband in the hotel room?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the story in Chapter 10, "Cat in the Rain," the cat can represent many things for the American wife. What does the cat symbolize? Why does the cat elude her before she can catch it? Why does the hotel keeper have a cat sent to her room?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the importance of the Prelude, "On the Quai at Smyrna" to the rest of the book. What important parameters does it establish? What themes does it introduce? Why did Hemingway lead with this story?

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