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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 has received his third rejection from the Saturday Evening Post.
(b) His brother is missing.
(c) His mother was there visiting.
(d) His father was dying.

2. What does Hadley lose on the train?
(a) Some money.
(b) Her glasses.
(c) Her purse.
(d) A valise full of Ernest's manuscripts.

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

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

5. Why does Ernest want to go to Spain?
(a) He does not ever want to go to Spain.
(b) To witness some bullfighting.
(c) To revisit some places he had been.
(d) To check out the unrest there.

6. What did Hadley leave in Paris that infuriated Ernest?
(a) A letter to a publisher that Ernest needed.
(b) Her checkbook.
(c) Her diaphragm.
(d) Her bank book.

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

8. What dismays Hadley about the Pound's marriage?
(a) It was open, and both had other lovers.
(b) Dorothy is Ezra's equal in all ways.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Their relationship is all consuming.

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

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

11. How does Kate respond when Hadley asks her about Hemingway?
(a) Flushed.
(b) Indifferent.
(c) Excited.
(d) Annoyed.

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

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

14. Whom does Ernest write that bothers Hadley?
(a) Agnes.
(b) His former girlfriend.
(c) His mother.
(d) Kate.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is there news of increased conflicts?

2. For whom is Hemingway writing copy?

3. Where does Ernest's job send him?

4. Where does Ernest say he might move?

5. What does Hadley think will help take her mind off her grief?

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