The Paris Wife: A Novel Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Paula McLain
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The Paris Wife: A Novel Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Paula McLain
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 135 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Ernest's father's occupation?
(a) Professor.
(b) Sea captain.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Obstetrician.

2. 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.

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

4. How do Ernest and Hadley feel about their living quarters?
(a) Hadley loves them, and Ernest hates them.
(b) They both love the area.
(c) Ernest loves them, and Hadley hates them.
(d) They both hate the area.

5. What is the first place where Ernest and Hadley live like?
(a) Cramped.
(b) Luxurious.
(c) Spacious.
(d) Sparton.

6. 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) It is so far away from where they are living.
(d) He might get lonely and cheat on her.

7. Where does Hadley travel in January to see Ernest?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) New York.

8. 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.

9. How does Ernest feel as he leaves on his assignment?
(a) Resentful.
(b) Sorry that they fought.
(c) Sad.
(d) Hurt and angry.

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

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

12. How is Gertrude Stein characterized in A Paris Wife?
(a) As a psuedo-intellectual.
(b) As somewhat of a passive person.
(c) As a mediocre writer.
(d) As a lesbian.

13. What do the train officials tell Hadley?
(a) They will not allow anyone to disembark without searching them.
(b) Nothing.
(c) There was little hope of Hadley recovering the bag.
(d) They will loan her some money to replace what was stolen.

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

15. Why does Anderson write to Ezra Pound, James Joyce, and Gertrude Stein?
(a) To introduce Hemingway.
(b) To ask them to teach Hemingway the ropes.
(c) To share gossip.
(d) To tell them that Hemingway probably has no talent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hadley tell another passenger about what she lost?

2. How does Hadley respond to Ernest's assignment?

3. For what organization is Ernest working?

4. What is significant about the place where Ernest is going to marry Hadley?

5. What does Hadley receive from Ernest Hemingway that stuns her?

(see the answer keys)

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