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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What crushes Hadley about something Ernest tells her?

2. Why is Hadley in mourning?

3. On what do the Hemingways decide to splurge?

4. Where do Ernest and Hadley go for their honeymoon?

5. How does Ernest refer to his mother?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Hadley feel about Ernest going to Turkey and what do they do regarding the issue?

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

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

5. When does Hadley visit Ernest and why is she upset by what he tells her? What is her response?

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

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

8. What does Ernest write about his family?

9. What does Hadley not mention to Fonnie upon Hadley's return to St. Louis and how does Fonnie learn about Hadley's secret?

10. What does Kate finally share with Hadley?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Florence was a feminist before it was fashionable and was obsessed with women's rights. It was no wonder that Hadley suffered from lack of self-esteem - her mother favored Fonnie, her sister who was a few years old than she, and paid little attention to Hadley. Hadley reeled from the death of another older sister, Dorthea, with whom she had her closest familial relationship. On her death bed, her mother inflicted a final measure of unworthiness upon Hadley. She told her that she contacted Dorthea in a séance. Dorthea evidently saw into the Hadley's future, and it was so horrid that she refused to tell Florence what she saw.

1. Explain how you think Florence being a feminist affected Hadley and Hadley's own views on life. Use examples from your own life and the book to support your answer.

2. Discuss why the death of a sister to whom Hadley was close affected her and how you think it did. Use examples from your own life and the book to support your answer.

3. In what ways do you think Hadley's low opinion of herself due to her mother affected Hadley's marriage with Ernest Hemingway? Use examples from your own life and the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

The Paris Wife belongs to the historical novel genre. Discuss the following:

1. Define the literary term "genre" and give several examples of three other genres in addition to the historical novel genre.

2. Discuss two reasons why it might be useful to label a text by genre and two reasons it might be disadvantageous to label a text by genre.

3. What do you think is the difference between a historical novel and a historical novel mystery?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following:

1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in The Paris Wife.

2. Trace and analyze one major theme of The Paris Wife. How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of The Paris Wife. How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

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