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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Anderson write to Ezra Pound, James Joyce, and Gertrude Stein?
(a) To introduce Hemingway.
(b) To share gossip.
(c) To tell them that Hemingway probably has no talent.
(d) To ask them to teach Hemingway the ropes.

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

3. What does Ernest insist Hadley do?
(a) Stay in Paris.
(b) Go with him on assignment.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Return to the States.

4. Of what is Ernest more frightened than getting married?
(a) Illness.
(b) Being alone.
(c) Not becoming a successful writer.
(d) Being humiliated.

5. How does Hadley feel about Ernest's new book?
(a) Appalled.
(b) Indifference.
(c) Pleased.
(d) Hates it.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hadley respond to Ernest's assignment?

2. Of what is Hadley growing tired?

3. Why does Ernest insist upon going back to Paris?

4. How does Hadley feel around Ernest?

5. Who fascinates Hadley?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Hadley and her sister Fonnie do in 1904?

2. How does Ernest start to break into the Paris literary scene?

3. Why is the Hemingway's visit with Gertrude Stein unusual, and what does Stein recommend to Ernest?

4. In what condition does Ernest return to Paris and does the couple settle their differences?

5. What did the couple do in Switzerland?

6. What happens on the train when Hadley is traveling to join Ernest?

7. Why did Hadley not want to go to the suffragette meeting with Fonnie?

8. Where is Ernest sent on Thanksgiving of 1922 and what does he want Hadley to do?

9. What does Kate finally share with Hadley?

10. How did Hadley and Ernest adjust to Paris life?

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