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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why is Hadley in mourning?
(a) Her brother has just died.
(b) She just miscarried.
(c) Her mother has just died.
(d) Her father has just died.

3. Who do Ernest and Hadley occasionally spot on the streets?
(a) Alice B. Toklas.
(b) James Joyce.
(c) Zora Neal Hurston.
(d) Pablo Picasso.

4. Where do the Hemingways go that reminds Ernest of his war wounds?
(a) Venice.
(b) Naples.
(c) Milan.
(d) Florence.

5. What does Ernest feel Hadley tries to trick him into doing?
(a) Taking on a new job.
(b) Having a baby.
(c) Forget writing.
(d) Returning to the States.

6. For what organization is Ernest working?
(a) The London Times.
(b) The Paris Review.
(c) The New York Times.
(d) The Toronto Star.

7. Where is the church where Ernest and Hadley marry?
(a) Near Ketchum.
(b) Near St. Louis.
(c) Holton Township.
(d) Horton Bay.

8. Where does Ernest's job send him?
(a) Turkey.
(b) Russian.
(c) Siberia.
(d) Greece.

9. Ernest's expression sometimes reminds Hadley of ______________.
(a) Her brother when he was young.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A lost puppy.
(d) Her father's expression.

10. Of what is Ernest more frightened than getting married?
(a) Being alone.
(b) Illness.
(c) Being humiliated.
(d) Not becoming a successful writer.

11. What had Hadley finally learned from Kate?
(a) She had been in love with Ernest.
(b) Ernest had sexually assaulted her.
(c) She had made a fool of herself with Ernest.
(d) Ernest had rejected her handily.

12. What does Hadley receive from Ernest Hemingway that stuns her?
(a) A poem.
(b) A special delivery letter.
(c) A bunch of roses.
(d) A photograph.

13. How old is Hadley at the opening?
(a) 28.
(b) 21.
(c) 18.
(d) 31.

14. What does Hadley admire about Ernest regarding his mother?
(a) He speaks his feelings about her.
(b) He admires her so much.
(c) He can love her yet not be dominated by her.
(d) Hadley does not mention Ernest and his mother.

15. What does Ernest recall about Kate?
(a) She was very mean and degrading to him.
(b) An incident that caused tension between Ernest and Kate.
(c) She spurned his advances.
(d) She tried to get her brother to not associate with Ernest.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Ernest feeling down when Hadley visits him?

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

3. What happened in St. Louis in 1904?

4. What does Hadley lose on the train?

5. Where does Ernest go to report on an economic conference?

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