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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Hadley suspect Ernest is meeting Pauline?
(a) In Pauline's motel room.
(b) In an office room he rented.
(c) Hadley does not think Ernest is meeting with Pauline.
(d) In a motel near the villa.

2. What annoys Ernest about Hadley's conversation?
(a) It interrupts his train of thought.
(b) She is long winded.
(c) It is trivial.
(d) It is often more insightful than his own.

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

4. What are two adjectives describing Pauline?
(a) A spendthrift and temperamental.
(b) Moody and generous.
(c) Kind and generous.
(d) Candid and sensible.

5. What does Ernest suggest that he and Hadley should do?
(a) Get drunk.
(b) Move back to the States.
(c) Move to Austria.
(d) Move further away from their Paris friends.

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

7. Why did Pauline not marry the man to whom she was engaged?
(a) She realized she did not love him enought for marriage.
(b) She plans to marry him, but delayed the marriage for another year.
(c) Her family threatened to cut off her inheritance because they did not like him.
(d) He ended the engagement.

8. With whom does Hadley spend a lot of time in Paris?
(a) Alice B. Toklas.
(b) Gertrude Stein.
(c) Dorothy Pound.
(d) Kitty, Pauline, and Jinny.

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

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

11. Where does Ernest go when they return to Paris?
(a) Gerald's studio.
(b) A separate motel from Hadley.
(c) F. Scott Fitzgerald's home.
(d) Gertrude Stein's home.

12. 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.

13. How does Ernest behave on their vacation?
(a) He kept to himself.
(b) Exuberant.
(c) Attentive and romantic.
(d) Moody.

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

15. What does Ernest tell Hadley about Pauline after Pauline returns to the States?
(a) Pauline is quite ill.
(b) Pauline was falling apart over being separated from Ernest.
(c) Pauline is suicidal.
(d) Pauline is pregnant.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whom does Ernest see more of back in Paris?

3. What did Hadley think the publication of The Torrents of Spring would do?

4. What does Hadley finally decide?

5. Why does Pauline go back to the States?

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