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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 bicycle racer that Harry describes to his dictating companion is said to have won what place in the Paris-Tours?
(a) Second place
(b) First place
(c) Fourth place
(d) Third place

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

3. Of Harry, the narrator says, “It was not so much that he lied as that” what?
(a) There was no truth to tell
(b) He no longer knew the truth
(c) He needed her money
(d) He had nothing else to say

4. What does Harry recall “them” giving the deserter who arrived with the police right behind him in his flashback to living at the woodcutter’s house?
(a) A thrashing
(b) Wool socks
(c) A blanket
(d) A rifle

5. What does Harry say “makes the time pass” in the beginning of the story?
(a) Singing
(b) Quarrelling
(c) Making love
(d) Writing

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from the narrative refers to the act or condition of giving tacit assent, agreement, or consent by silence or without objection?

2. Harry’s mistress is described as having a “well-known, well-loved face from Spur and” what magazine?

3. When dictating to his companion, Harry describes living in an apartment where you could see the wood and coal man’s place. What did the wood and coal man also sell?

4. Who does Harry recall as being poor and having been in “romantic awe of him” in his flashbacks to his past?

5. Where is “that old bastard” from that Harry describes as having beaten the chore boy in Harry’s memories of the ranch?

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