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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ernest feel about Paris?
(a) He knows it's good for his career to be there.
(b) He has no feelings one way or the other.
(c) He is totally in love with it.
(d) He hates it.

2. What aspect does Ezra excoriate while the Hemingways are there?
(a) Lack of appreciation for his poetry.
(b) The insincerity.
(c) Prejudice against Americans.
(d) Prejudice against Jews.

3. What does Ernest ask Hadley about Rome?
(a) If she wants to come along as his wife.
(b) If he is making the best decision.
(c) If she would come along as his mistress.
(d) If he should go to Paris instead.

4. What is significant about September 3, 1921?
(a) It is the day Ernest receives an acceptance letter for a novel.
(b) It is Hadley's birthday.
(c) It is the day Ernest gets married.
(d) It is the day Ernest and Kate have a falling out.

5. How old is Hemingway?
(a) 21.
(b) 31.
(c) 27.
(d) 18.

6. What does Hadley not mention to Fonnie when she returns to St. Louis?
(a) Her possible pregnancy.
(b) Ernest.
(c) Her desire to move to New York.
(d) Her depression.

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

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

9. Where does Ernest say he might move?
(a) New York.
(b) Rome.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Paris.

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

11. What is wrong with Ernest when he arrives back in Paris?
(a) He has malaria.
(b) He is recovering from food poisoning.
(c) He has dysentery.
(d) He is recovering from a head injury.

12. What does Hadley think will help take her mind off her grief?
(a) Having a drink and dancing a little.
(b) Going to Europe.
(c) Writing a book about her mother.
(d) Nothing.

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

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

15. Whom does Ezra excoriate when the Hemingways are out with them?
(a) The Midwest of the United States.
(b) The Greek.
(c) The Turks.
(d) The Russian Revolution.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is there news of increased conflicts?

2. What is a first for Ernest on this assignment?

3. Who agrees to send some of Ernest's poetry to some contacts?

4. What did Hadley's father establish in St. Louis?

5. What has been happening for three years in the area of increased conflicts?

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