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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the Hemingways' son's name?
(a) Richard Hadley Hemingway.
(b) John Hadley Hemingway.
(c) Jack Ernest Hemingway.
(d) Joseph Hadley Hemingway.

3. Why does Pauline come to Paris?
(a) To break into the fashion industry.
(b) For her brother.
(c) For Vogue.
(d) To accompany and chaperone her younger sister.

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

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

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

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

8. What does Hadley hear about Ernest and Pauline as she is traveling?
(a) Pauline decided not to marry Ernest.
(b) Pauline and Ernest were married in Paris.
(c) Pauline and Ernest were married in Austria.
(d) Ernest decided not to marry Pauline.

9. Who came over to the table one night at a restaurant?
(a) No one.
(b) Gertrude Stein.
(c) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(d) Pablo Picasso.

10. What does Ernest tell Hadley when he is writing her memoirs?
(a) She loved him selfishly.
(b) He and she loved each other too much.
(c) She should have given him another chance.
(d) She was the only woman he would consider remarrying.

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

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

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

14. Whom of the women Hadley is meeting does she start liking?
(a) Jinny.
(b) Duff.
(c) Kitty.
(d) Pauline.

15. What did Ernest frequently contemplate?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Taking his family back to Toronto.
(c) Making sure Pauline stayed away from him.
(d) Leaving Hadley.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Hadley spend a lot of time in Paris?

2. What does Ernest write and ask Hadley?

3. What does Hadley figure out?

4. Where does Hadley suspect Ernest is meeting Pauline?

5. Where do Ernest, Hadley and Bumby go on vacation?

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