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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What news does Ernest receive while on vacation that elates him?
(a) His second novel received great reviews.
(b) In Our Time was to be published.
(c) His father looks to be recovering fully.
(d) His brother is coming to visit.

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

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

5. About what does Ernest worry while on vacation?
(a) His father.
(b) Money.
(c) Bumby getting sick.
(d) His career.

6. Where do the Hemingways go for a nightcap?
(a) Gertrude Stein's home.
(b) Zelda's best friend's house.
(c) The Fitzgerald home.
(d) A nightclub frequented by young people.

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

8. Hadley makes a deal with Ernest that she will give him a divorce if he still wants Pauline after sending her away for ______________.
(a) 1 year.
(b) 1 month.
(c) 100 days.
(d) 6 months.

9. What happens when Ernest walks Pauline home one day?
(a) They discuss Ernest's relationship with Hadley.
(b) They discuss Ernest's next book.
(c) They argue.
(d) They kiss.

10. 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) They immediately take a train for St. Louis.
(c) Hadley takes Bumby to visit her sister.
(d) They look for an apartment in the city.

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

12. What does Pauline encourage Hadley to do?
(a) Get a nanny for Bumby so she's have more time.
(b) Study painting.
(c) Take up the piano again.
(d) Write music.

13. What does Ernest say when Hadley asks about a possible move?
(a) He has no intention of leaving their home in Paris.
(b) To try it for awhile to see if it works out.
(c) He wants to move alone.
(d) Pauline will not be invited along.

14. What does Hadley figure out?
(a) The relationship between Ernest and Pauline.
(b) The fight between Ernest and Kitty.
(c) The relationship between Ernest and Duff.
(d) The relationship between Ernest and Jenny.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Ernest think of Zelda?

3. What does Pauline say about Ernest that upsets Hadley?

4. Whom does Hadley marry?

5. What does Pauline do one day when Hadley and Ernest were napping?

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