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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. The narrator says that Harry planned this safari in the hopes that he could burn what off his soul in “the way a fighter went to the mountains to work and train in order to burn it out of his body”?
(a) Sloth
(b) Damage
(c) Weakness
(d) Fat

2. 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 taxidermist
(b) He was a taxi driver
(c) He was a butcher
(d) He was a military general

3. In what part of his body is Harry afflicted in the story?
(a) His left arm
(b) His left leg
(c) His right arm
(d) His right leg

4. What French word does the narrator use to describe drunkenness in the narrative?
(a) Louchébem
(b) Verlan
(c) Ivresse
(d) Klezmer-loshn

5. When recalling his first, lost love, Harry recalls writing to tell her that he thought he saw her outside of what location and “it made him go all faint and sick inside”?
(a) The Pentagon
(b) The Louvre
(c) The Regence
(d) The Capital

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator says of Harry in the story, “Now if this was how it ended, and he knew it was, he must not turn like some snake biting itself because” of what reason?

2. Where does the narrator say Harry “had been happiest in the good time of his life”?

3. In his first flashbacks of memory, Harry recalls “looking out the window and seeing snow on the mountains in” what country?

4. Schwarzwald is a wooded mountain range located in the southwest of what country?

5. What term was popularized by Ernest Hemingway and referred to describe the generation that came of age during World War I?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens in the narrative when the text transitions to italics for the first time?

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

3. While his companion is out hunting, Harry considers her character. How does Harry perceive the woman he’s with in this section?

4. Discuss the historical context of the story. How is Harry’s story reflective of the global climate at this time?

5. How is death symbolized in “The Snows of Kilimanjaro”? What animal in the story’s ending represents death?

6. How have Harry’s feelings about his impending death changed in the course of the story by the ending?

7. What imagery is depicted as Harry flies in the plane at the end of the story?

8. How does Harry’s behavior toward the woman progress as he drinks before falling asleep in the narrative?

9. How is the theme of death illustrated in the ending of the story? What is ironic about this depiction?

10. How does the narrative style of the story differ between the italicized and non-italicized sections?

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