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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. What composer does Harry say to his companion “wrote the words and music. This knowledge that you’re going mad for me”?
(a) Cole Porter
(b) Irving Berlin
(c) Stephen Sondheim
(d) Franz Joseph Haydn

2. What French word does the narrator use to describe drunkenness in the narrative?
(a) Klezmer-loshn
(b) Ivresse
(c) Verlan
(d) Louchébem

3. The woman that Harry took “away from a British gunner subaltern after a row” in one of his flashbacks is described as being from where?
(a) Brazil
(b) Armenia
(c) Argentina
(d) Germany

4. Who argues with the Secretary about whether or not there is snow on the mountains in Harry’s flashback in the beginning of the story?
(a) Nansen
(b) Molo
(c) Herr Lent
(d) Hans

5. What is the name of a clear, colorless fruit brandy made from morello cherries that is described in the story?
(a) Kirsch
(b) Ginever
(c) Schnapps
(d) Vodka

Short Answer Questions

1. In what part of his body is Harry afflicted in the story?

2. What animals does Harry see from the plane that are described as “big-headed dots seeming to climb as they moved in long fingers across the plain”?

3. What term was popularized by Ernest Hemingway and referred to describe the generation that came of age during World War I?

4. How long ago was it that Harry scratched himself, leading ultimately to his current condition?

5. Perticara is a town located in what country?

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