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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. How old is Hemingway?
(a) 21.
(b) 18.
(c) 27.
(d) 31.

2. What crushes Hadley about something Ernest tells her?
(a) He is dating another woman.
(b) He is married and trying to obtain a divorce.
(c) He is moving to Austria for a year.
(d) He is still in love with another woman.

3. Why is Ernest feeling down when Hadley visits him?
(a) His father was dying.
(b) His brother is missing.
(c) His mother was there visiting.
(d) His has received his third rejection from the Saturday Evening Post.

4. Who escorts Hadley down the aisle?
(a) Her cousin.
(b) A family friend.
(c) No one.
(d) Her brother.

5. Who is Edward O'Brien?
(a) An editor.
(b) A private investigator.
(c) A pilot.
(d) A writer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What dismays Hadley about the Pound's marriage?

2. Why is Hadley in mourning?

3. Why does Hadley not do what Ernest wants?

4. From whom does Ernest receive an invitation?

5. What aspect does Ezra excoriate while the Hemingways are there?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Hadley learn about Ernest when she met him the next morning in the kitchen?

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

4. What happened to Ernest when he was in Italy that he recalls on this trip?

5. Who is Hadley's father and what did he do?

6. What does Ernest believe about Hadley's pregnancy in connection with the lost manuscripts?

7. What does Gertrude Stein say about the baby and the lost manuscripts?

8. Describe the Hemingway's outing with the Pounds.

9. What is the setting for Hadley and Ernest's first lovemaking?

10. Why is Hadley in mourning and why does she think the party will help?

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