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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 river runs through Paris?
(a) The River Thames
(b) The River Esplanade
(c) The River Seine
(d) The River Elise

2. Harry claims that the man whom they hired to check out the truck didn’t check what?
(a) The gas
(b) The oil
(c) The tires
(d) The axle

3. For how long was Harry’s group snow-bound in Harry’s flashback to his time at the mountain huts by Schrunz?
(a) 1 week
(b) 2 days
(c) 2 weeks
(d) 3 weeks

4. Where does the narrator say Harry “had been happiest in the good time of his life”?
(a) Wyoming
(b) Africa
(c) London
(d) New York

5. Tristan Tzara is described in Harry’s Paris flashback as wearing what?
(a) A top hat
(b) A beret
(c) A purple suit
(d) A monocle

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of a clear, colorless fruit brandy made from morello cherries that is described in the story?

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

3. What comment does Harry make to his companion before saying, “That’s poetry. I’m full of poetry now. Rot and poetry. Rotten poetry”?

4. As Harry dies in the end of the story, his companion hears what animal stop whimpering and begin to make a strange human sound?

5. Anatolia is a region of what current country?

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