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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through An Alpine Idyll.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For which publication does the critic watching the bullfight in "The Undfeated" write?
(a) El Espana.
(b) El Matador.
(c) El Gustapo.
(d) El Heraldo.

2. In the story "A Canary For One," what is the name of the hotel that the American woman and the couple have stayed at in the past?
(a) El Verdad.
(b) El Stanely.
(c) Tros Couronnes.
(d) Tres Couronnes.

3. What does the innkeeper bring the two men in "An Alpine Idyll"?
(a) Their mail.
(b) Their wives.
(c) Hot coffee.
(d) Hamburgers.

4. What was the cause of the peasant’s wife’s death in "An Alpine Idyll"?
(a) A stroke.
(b) An infection.
(c) Heart trouble.
(d) Tuberculosis.

5. How long had the two men been skiing at Silvretta in "An Alpine Idyll"?
(a) One month.
(b) Five days.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Five weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Killers," who get’s tied up together by the killers?

2. In what country does the story "Che Ti Dice La Patria?" take place?

3. How does the narrator explain the man's strange behavior to his friend Guy in the story "Che Ti Dice La Patria?"

4. What does Jack say is the reason he cannot sleep in the story "Fifty Grand"?

5. What does the woman on the train think the line of hills resembles in "Hills LIke White Elephants"?

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