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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. The narrator says of Harry in the beginning of the story that “he had no pain and with the pain the horror had gone and all he felt now was a great tiredness and” what?
(a) Anger that this was the end of it
(b) Apathy about going on
(c) Sorrow for all his mistakes
(d) Irritation that he had to wait

2. In Harry’s flashback to living in the woodcutter’s house, what large porcelain object is described as filling half the room?
(a) A bathtub
(b) A table
(c) A stove
(d) A bed stand

3. Williamson is described as “a fat man, very brave, and a good officer, although addicted to” what?
(a) Women and sex
(b) Drink and gambling
(c) Fantastic shows
(d) Bad music

4. Of what does Harry’s companion say “That’s the good destruction. That’s the way we’re made to be destroyed”?
(a) In love
(b) In the press
(c) In bed
(d) In warfare

5. Where was Tristan Tzara born?
(a) Romania
(b) The United States
(c) Russia
(d) Germany

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of tree is Harry’s cot described as sitting under in the beginning of the story?

2. In what year was “The Snows of Kilimanjaro” adapted and produced to film, starring Gregory Peck as Harry?

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. What is the name of Harry’s female companion in “The Snows of Kilimanjaro”?

5. Harry recalls that Williamson was hit by a stick bomb thrown by someone in what kind of patrol in his flashbacks?

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