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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. By what title does the African servant refer to Harry’s female companion in the story?
(a) Abayomi
(b) Binata
(c) Memsahib
(d) Abasi

2. What is the name of the African servant to Harry and his mistress in the story?
(a) Nansen
(b) Bwana
(c) Hans
(d) Molo

3. The Dada movement was originated by a group of artists and poets associated with what café?
(a) The Café Vordergasse
(b) The Café Fribourg
(c) The White Horse Tavern
(d) The Cabaret Voltaire

4. What kind of hat is Compton described as wearing at the end of the story?
(a) A brown felt hat
(b) A black top hat
(c) A blue fedora
(d) A grey safari hat

5. Harry tells his mistress in the story, “Love is a dunghill. And I’m the” what?
(a) Worms underneath wriggling for freedom
(b) Lucky man who gets to step in it
(c) Cock that gets on it to crow
(d) Mule that eats the hay

Short Answer Questions

1. The name of the western summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro translates to what in English, according to the author’s preface to the story?

2. Harry’s companion tells him when she returns from hunting, “The boys have the wood all ready and the grass to make” what?

3. What does Harry regret having done “so much that he blunted the edge of his perceptions”?

4. Of Harry’s companion, the narrator says, “She loved anything that was exciting, that involved a change of scene, where there were new people and where things were” what?

5. One of Harry’s flashbacks describes a trip for Anatolia. On this trip, Harry remembers making an attack with the newly arrived officers from where?

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