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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 pass on his way to visit the battalion?

2. Who is the Captain that Nick meets at the Italian battalion?

3. What does Nick think ruined bullfights?

4. Why is the peasant man just now burying his wife who died several months ago?

5. Who is Nick's girlfriend in this story?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hemingway writes most of these stories on the theme of the fear of death. Choose three characters from any of the stories and give their views on death. Are they afraid? Do they live in denial? How do they approach it?

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 and in literature in general?

Essay Topic 3

In "The Three-Day Blow," Nick likens his behavior of breaking up with Marjorie to the storms that are called Three-Day Blows. What is meant by a Three-Day Blow? Why does Nick compare his actions to it? Is he being reasonable or just trying to justify his behavior?

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