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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 have to do with Sylvia Beach's Shakespeare and Company on the Left Bank?
(a) He tries to read it, but gives up after a few pages.
(b) He learns more about symbolism.
(c) He studies its style and borrows some of it.
(d) He uses it as a guide for what not to do.

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

3. How often does Hadley receive a letter from Ernest?
(a) About once a month.
(b) Sometimes 2-3 times a day.
(c) Once in several months.
(d) Every week or two.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Ezra excoriate when the Hemingways are out with them?

2. What did Kate do when she and Ernest were swimming with friends?

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

4. What does Hadley think will help take her mind off her grief?

5. Whom does Ernest write that bothers Hadley?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is there news about increased conflicts and how does that affect Ernest?

2. Describe the Hemingway's visit to the Pound's home.

3. How does Hadley doubt the wisdom of a relationship with Ernest and how does Ernest propose to Hadley?

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

5. Where do the Hadley and Ernest live right after their marriage, and how do they have the money to sustain them?

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

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

8. What does Ernest write about his family?

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

10. What does Ernest tell Hadley about Agnes and how does Hadley feel about what he says?

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