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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. Of what does the narrator say Harry had sold “in one form or another, all his life and when your affections are not too involved you give much better value for the money”?
(a) Poetry
(b) Cowardice
(c) Lies
(d) Vitality

2. What drink does Harry ask the African servant to bring him in the beginning of the story?
(a) Lemonade
(b) Whiskey-soda
(c) Ginger ale
(d) Rum and soda

3. Where does Harry describe renting a trout stream after the war as his companion dictates?
(a) The Redwood Forest
(b) The Aspen Forest
(c) The White Forest
(d) The Black Forest

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

5. What does the phrase “Sans Voir” from the story translate to in English?
(a) Without sound
(b) Without voice
(c) Without love
(d) Without seeing

Short Answer Questions

1. The Dada movement began in approximately what year?

2. By what title does the African servant refer to Harry’s female companion in the story?

3. The narrator says that Harry “had chosen to make his living with something else instead of” what?

4. Who is described as having owned the guns in the log house that Harry describes to his companion as she dictates in the second half of the story?

5. Where is Monte Corona located?

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