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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hadley impulsively do when she writes her first letter to Ernest?
(a) Invites him to St. Louis.
(b) Kisses the envelope.
(c) Includes a lock of her hair.
(d) Includes a poems he wrote.

2. Who are Kate and Kenley Smith?
(a) Friends of Hadley's.
(b) No one Hadley has ever met.
(c) A husband and wife.
(d) Twins who Hadley meets at the party.

3. How often does Hadley receive a letter from Ernest?
(a) Once in several months.
(b) Sometimes 2-3 times a day.
(c) About once a month.
(d) Every week or two.

4. Who escorts Hadley down the aisle?
(a) A family friend.
(b) Her brother.
(c) No one.
(d) Her cousin.

5. What is Hadley's major objection to Ernest's assignment?
(a) It is dangerous.
(b) His emotional state is too fragile for the work.
(c) It is so far away from where they are living.
(d) He might get lonely and cheat on her.

6. What does a reporter offer to do?
(a) Send some of Ernest's work to Cosmopolitan.
(b) Escort Hadley to Versailles.
(c) Escort Hadley to Lusanne.
(d) Escort Hadley to the States.

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

8. Ernest says he needs to be alone to ___________.
(a) Enjoy nature.
(b) Think.
(c) Be happy.
(d) Write.

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

10. Why does Hadley have difficulty with what Ernest accuses her?
(a) She thinks Ernest is very capable of having an affair.
(b) She believes in monogamy.
(c) She does not really know why she feels the way she does.
(d) She does not like to be alone.

11. Why does Hadley not do what Ernest wants?
(a) She has another invitation.
(b) She is angry with him.
(c) She has other plans.
(d) She is very ill.

12. Who agrees to send some of Ernest's poetry to some contacts?
(a) No one.
(b) Pound.
(c) Joyce.
(d) Stein.

13. Why does Ernest insist upon going back to Paris?
(a) To file a complaint with the French rail administration.
(b) To hire a private investigator.
(c) To look in the apartment to see if any of his work is still there.
(d) To get some of the copies of his works out of a safety deposit box.

14. Sherwood Anderson recommends that ________________.
(a) Ernest go to New York to work on his craft.
(b) Ernest divorce and devote himself to his work.
(c) Ernest come and live near Anderson.
(d) Ernest go to Paris to work on his craft.

15. With what does Grace bore the family gathering to meet Hadley?
(a) Inviting their pastor over to talk about their trip as missionaries to Africa.
(b) A huge family photo album.
(c) A long, complicated story about a trip to Nepal.
(d) A long, complicated story about a trip to Africa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Hadley hoping to do at the party?

2. What did Hadley's mother say about a wife who likes sex?

3. What happened in St. Louis in 1904?

4. Why does Anderson not recommend Rome for Ernest?

5. How does Hadley feel around Ernest?

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