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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By what name does the author assert the western summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro is known as in the author’s preface to the story?
(a) Ngaje Ngai
(b) Bakkie Bakvisse
(c) Aweh Baas
(d) Befok Anties

2. When Harry’s mistress says in the beginning of the story, “Please tell me what I can do,” Harry responds that she can take his leg off or do what?
(a) Shoot him
(b) Write out his will
(c) Leave him alone
(d) Call his daughter

3. What kind of African equids does Harry see when he looks out over the plains in the beginning of the story?
(a) Lemurs
(b) Alpacas
(c) Camels
(d) Zebras

4. When Harry’s mistress tells him in the beginning of the story that he’s not going to die, he responds by saying, “Don’t be silly. I’m dying now. Ask those bastards.” What does Harry point to when he says this?
(a) The vultures
(b) The hyenas
(c) The mosquitoes
(d) The flies

5. When Harry and his companion begin arguing in the story, he tells her that what were his sword and his armor?
(a) Their children
(b) Her passion
(c) Her money
(d) Her love

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Of Harry, the narrator says, “It was never what he had done, but always” what?

3. 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”?

4. The Rue Cardinal Lemoine is described as running in one direction to the river and in the other direction to the narrow crowded world of what street?

5. How many children did Harry’s female companion have?

Short Essay Questions

1. How would you describe the relationships between men and women in “The Snows of Kilimanjaro”?

2. In what ways does Harry exhibit apathy regarding his situation or life?

3. What imagery in the story forms its strongest symbolic element?

4. When Harry “returns” from his first reverie into his past, what comments does he make to his female companion?

5. How does Harry’s character differ in the flashbacks from his reality in the present?

6. What memory does Harry first flashback to after awakening from his nap in the story?

7. What is symbolically significant about the woman’s name in “The Snows of Kilimanjaro”?

8. What does Harry ask for when the woman brings him more food after he’s dictated to her? What thoughts consume him here?

9. What do Harry and his female companion first argue about in the story?

10. How is Harry’s flashback to the ranch described? What characters does Harry remember in this setting?

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