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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 was the Hôtel de Crillon opened in Paris?
(a) 1925
(b) 1915
(c) 1825
(d) 1909

2. What does the word “skischule” translate to in English?
(a) Ski school
(b) Wine parlor
(c) Butcher
(d) Hot dog stand

3. Of Harry’s old life, the narrator says that he had traded it for what when he fell into his relationship with his female companion?
(a) Love
(b) Admiration
(c) Security
(d) Passion

4. How long ago was it that Harry scratched himself, leading ultimately to his current condition?
(a) 5 days ago
(b) 2 days ago
(c) 1 week ago
(d) 2 weeks ago

5. 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) Cowardice
(b) Vitality
(c) Poetry
(d) Lies

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator says that Harry planned this safari in the hopes that he could burn what off his soul in “the way a fighter went to the mountains to work and train in order to burn it out of his body”?

2. What decorative object does Harry describe outside the Boucherie Chevaline when he dictates to his companion in the latter part of the story?

3. Harry claims that the man whom they hired to check out the truck didn’t check what?

4. Harry’s companion tells him early in the story that she wishes they’d gone to what city that Harry loves instead?

5. What French word does the narrator use to describe drunkenness in the narrative?

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