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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What proofs does Ernest review?
(a) For a book of family stories that his sister is publishing.
(b) For a small book of his stories and poems.
(c) For a book that Ezra Pound is publishing.
(d) None.

2. Where do Dorothy and Ezra live most of the year?
(a) In Rapallo.
(b) In St. Moritz.
(c) In Bern.
(d) In London.

3. Why is Ernest demoted?
(a) For writing a biased slant on a situation.
(b) For not filing his report before going to the hospital.
(c) For refusing a long out-of-town assignment.
(d) For arguing with his copy editor.

4. What is the setting of Ernest's new book?
(a) Detchum.
(b) Paris.
(c) Pamplona.
(d) Lisesse.

5. Whom does Ernest see more of back in Paris?
(a) Kate.
(b) Duff and her fiance.
(c) Patricia.
(d) Pauline.

6. To whom does it seem Ernest is paying much attention at a gathering?
(a) Kate Smith.
(b) Kitty Cannell.
(c) Lady Twysden.
(d) Hadley.

7. What does Hadley and Bumby do when they arrive in New York?
(a) They immediately take a train for St. Louis.
(b) They embark upon a coast to coast tour of the States.
(c) Hadley takes Bumby to visit her sister.
(d) They look for an apartment in the city.

8. What is Ernest doing more frequently?
(a) Locking himself in his office.
(b) Going out with the boys.
(c) Talking to himself.
(d) Drinking.

9. What did Hadley think the publication of The Torrents of Spring would do?
(a) Enable Hadley to study painting with a master.
(b) Destroy Ernest's relationship with Sherwood Anderson.
(c) Earn enough money for a live-in nanny.
(d) Earn them enough to move to a larger place.

10. Where do Ernest and Hadley decide to go for Christmas?
(a) Italy.
(b) The United States.
(c) Germany.
(d) Austria.

11. What types of assignments is Ernest often given?
(a) Months long.
(b) Quick, one or two hour interviews.
(c) Overnight.
(d) Mundane matters.

12. Whom does Ernest suggest Hadley invite on their Christmas vacation?
(a) No one.
(b) Kitty.
(c) Jenny.
(d) Pauline.

13. How does Ernest compare Pauline to Kitty?
(a) Pauline is a kinder version of Kitty.
(b) Pauline is more temperamental than Kitty.
(c) Unfavorably.
(d) Pauline is a brasher version of Kitty.

14. What does Hadley do with Ernest's last letter?
(a) Makes a boat of it and sails it off into the ocean.
(b) Burns it.
(c) Sends it back unread.
(d) Memorizes it.

15. In what state are Hadley and Bumby on the beach?
(a) Oregon.
(b) California.
(c) Florida.
(d) Washington.

Short Answer Questions

1. What surprises Hadley about Ernest's new book?

2. Why did Pauline not marry the man to whom she was engaged?

3. What happens when Ernest walks Pauline home one day?

4. What makes Hadley realize she could not continue to live as she has been living?

5. What annoys Ernest about Hadley's conversation?

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