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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Snows of Kilimanjaro.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Harry and his companion begin arguing in the story, he tells her that what were his sword and his armor?
(a) Their children
(b) Her passion
(c) Her money
(d) Her love

2. Of what kind of animal does Harry’s companion say, “He’s the one makes the noise at night. I don’t mind it. They’re a filthy animal though”?
(a) A lion
(b) A vulture
(c) A leopard
(d) A hyena

3. What does Harry recall “them” giving the deserter who arrived with the police right behind him in his flashback to living at the woodcutter’s house?
(a) Wool socks
(b) A rifle
(c) A blanket
(d) A thrashing

4. Where is Monte Corona located?
(a) Portugal
(b) Italy
(c) Spain
(d) Austria

5. What term was popularized by Ernest Hemingway and referred to describe the generation that came of age during World War I?
(a) The Silent Generation
(b) The Absurdist Generation
(c) The Lost Generation
(d) The Beat Generation

Short Answer Questions

1. The Dada movement began in approximately what year?

2. Of Harry and his mistress, the narrator says, “It was not her fault that when he went to her he was” what?

3. Harry and the woman are waiting for the arrival of what in “The Snows of Kilimanjaro”?

4. How many children did Harry’s female companion have?

5. What war was Harry fighting in when he was in Anatolia?

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