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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Ernest feeling down when Hadley visits him?
(a) His brother is missing.
(b) His mother was there visiting.
(c) His has received his third rejection from the Saturday Evening Post.
(d) His father was dying.

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

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

4. What does Ernest try to do when Hadley tells him of the incident on the train?
(a) Tries to comfort Hadley.
(b) Tries to remain calm.
(c) Pretends that it's not important.
(d) Tries not to blame Hadley.

5. 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.

6. Who visited the Hemingways for Christmas?
(a) Hadley's sister.
(b) Chink.
(c) Ernest's parents.
(d) Ernest's brother.

7. 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) Her sister Dorothea.
(c) Her sister Fonnie.
(d) Kate.

8. What does Ernest have to do with Sylvia Beach's Shakespeare and Company on the Left Bank?
(a) He studies its style and borrows some of it.
(b) He uses it as a guide for what not to do.
(c) He learns more about symbolism.
(d) He tries to read it, but gives up after a few pages.

9. Of what is Hadley growing tired?
(a) Ernest.
(b) Paris.
(c) Her marriage.
(d) Not having her own work.

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

11. Why does Anderson not recommend Rome for Ernest?
(a) Serious artists go to Paris.
(b) Rome restricts the content of books.
(c) Rome is too dangerous.
(d) Rome is too conservative.

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

13. What is a first for Ernest on this assignment?
(a) The first time he has not spoken the language of the combatants.
(b) The first time he's been on the front lines of a conflict.
(c) The first time he's worked with a female war correspondent.
(d) The first time he's been near war since he was wounded.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ernest respond to Stein's suggestions?

2. How does Hadley feel about Ernest's new book?

3. For whom does Hadley feel an immediately liking?

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

5. Who are Kate and Kenley Smith?

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