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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. The woman that Harry took “away from a British gunner subaltern after a row” in one of his flashbacks is described as being from where?
(a) Germany
(b) Argentina
(c) Armenia
(d) Brazil

4. Harry scratched himself as he and his companion were moving forward to photograph what animals?
(a) Zebras
(b) Waterbuck
(c) Vultures
(d) Hyenas

5. As Harry describes his past for his companion to dictate in the second half of the story, he describes the husband of the woman who ran the Bal Musette as having what occupation?
(a) He was a military general
(b) He was a taxi driver
(c) He was a taxidermist
(d) He was a butcher

6. Schwarzwald is a wooded mountain range located in the southwest of what country?
(a) Germany
(b) Romania
(c) Russia
(d) Austria

7. Harry’s companion tells him that they always stayed at what hotel in St. Germain?
(a) The Café Royal Hotel
(b) The Hotel II Salviatino
(c) The Hôtel de Crillon
(d) The Pavillion Henri-Quatre

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

9. What word from the story refers to tight-fitting trousers worn primarily for horseback riding?
(a) Patsies
(b) Jodhpurs
(c) Derbies
(d) Dongles

10. In what year was “The Snows of Kilimanjaro” adapted and produced to film, starring Gregory Peck as Harry?
(a) 1948
(b) 1936
(c) 1942
(d) 1952

11. For how long was Harry’s group snow-bound in Harry’s flashback to his time at the mountain huts by Schrunz?
(a) 1 week
(b) 3 weeks
(c) 2 days
(d) 2 weeks

12. Harry’s mistress tells him in the beginning of the story that Black’s Medical Dictionary says that what is bad for him in his condition?
(a) Talking
(b) Alcohol
(c) Laying still
(d) Antibiotics

13. Harry’s mistress tells him in the beginning of “The Snows of Kilimanjaro,” “You can’t die if you don’t” what?
(a) Give up
(b) Try to
(c) Fight
(d) Want to

14. One of Harry’s mistress’s children was killed how?
(a) In a hurricane
(b) In a car accident
(c) In battle
(d) In a plane crash

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The author’s preface to “The Snows of Kilimanjaro” states that Mount Kilimanjaro is how many feet high?

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

3. 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?

4. Who argues with the Secretary about whether or not there is snow on the mountains in Harry’s flashback in the beginning of the story?

5. Mount Kilimanjaro is located in what country currently?

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