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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13 through 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Hadley feel guilty about while she is in Chicago?
(a) Her sister Fonnie.
(b) Her brother was ill in St. Louis and she does not return to nurse him.
(c) Kate.
(d) Her sister Dorothea.

2. What does Stein recommend to Ernest regarding his writing?
(a) Use simple, clear language like that in his poems.
(b) Use less obscure vocabulary.
(c) Use more complex writing.
(d) Use more detailed scenes.

3. How does Ernest respond to Stein's suggestions?
(a) He scorns it.
(b) He takes a little of the advice but not much.
(c) He embraces the advice wholeheartedly.
(d) He is amused.

4. What crushes Hadley about something Ernest tells her?
(a) He is moving to Austria for a year.
(b) He is married and trying to obtain a divorce.
(c) He is dating another woman.
(d) He is still in love with another woman.

5. What did Hadley's mother say about a wife who likes sex?
(a) She was the same as a prostitute.
(b) She would be a joy to her husband.
(c) She would be pregnant all the time.
(d) She would have her heart broken.

Short Answer Questions

1. What dismays Hadley about the Pound's marriage?

2. With what is Ernest completely obsessed?

3. What was Ernest's occupation during the war in Italy?

4. Why does Anderson write to Ezra Pound, James Joyce, and Gertrude Stein?

5. Where is Hadley Richardson?

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