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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 Harry and his mistress, the narrator says, “It was not her fault that when he went to her he was” what?
(a) Over the hill
(b) Depressed
(c) Already over
(d) Already devoid of talent

2. What word, meaning a wine parlor, does the narrator use when describing the setting of Schrunz in Harry’s flashback?
(a) Weinstube
(b) Vinlonge
(c) Vin de Syrah
(d) Vinstube

3. What is the name of Harry’s female companion in “The Snows of Kilimanjaro”?
(a) Sara
(b) Helen
(c) Anna
(d) Marie

4. What comment does Harry make to his companion before saying, “That’s poetry. I’m full of poetry now. Rot and poetry. Rotten poetry”?
(a) A rhyme in time
(b) Look at the book
(c) You rich bitch
(d) A letter’s better

5. How far does Harry recall driving by sled to town with the chore boy and the corpse of the man that beat the chore boy in his memories of the ranch?
(a) 20 miles
(b) 10 miles
(c) 60 miles
(d) 30 miles

Short Answer Questions

1. In Harry’s flashback to fleeing from a British gunner subaltern with a woman, they get into a taxi and go to what location along the Bosphorus?

2. Near Harry and his mistress’s camp under the trees, the narrator describes a nearly dry water hole where what animals come to in the mornings?

3. The Hôtel de Crillon is located at the foot of what famous street?

4. What does the German word “jäger” translate to in English?

5. Compton watches for holes made by what animals as he prepares to take off in the plane at the end of the story?

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