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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. What does Ernest sometimes do uncontrollably?
(a) Rants.
(b) Writes for hours.
(c) Throws things.
(d) Sobs.

2. Why does Ernest insist upon going back to Paris?
(a) To get some of the copies of his works out of a safety deposit box.
(b) To look in the apartment to see if any of his work is still there.
(c) To hire a private investigator.
(d) To file a complaint with the French rail administration.

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

4. How does Ernest respond to Stein's suggestions?
(a) He takes a little of the advice but not much.
(b) He embraces the advice wholeheartedly.
(c) He is amused.
(d) He scorns it.

5. Where is Hadley Richardson?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Denver.
(c) Louisville.
(d) Cleveland.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Ernest feeling down when Hadley visits him?

2. Who do Ernest and Hadley occasionally spot on the streets?

3. What is the first place where Ernest and Hadley live like?

4. How old is Hemingway?

5. Where do the Hemingways spend some time?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where was Hadley when the novel opens and what is she doing?

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

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

4. What does Sherwood Anderson recommend Ernest do, and how does he help Ernest?

5. How does Ernest have a brief affair and what does he think of concerning Hadley and the affair?

6. Why does Ernest go back to Paris briefly?

7. What did the couple do in Switzerland?

8. What does Ernest do in Turkey?

9. What does Ernest recall about an incident with Kate?

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

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