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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. When recalling his first, lost love, Harry recalls writing her a letter and sending it where?
(a) To Boston
(b) To New York
(c) To London
(d) To Paris

2. 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?
(a) Herr Lent
(b) Nansen
(c) Molo
(d) Hans

3. 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) Look at the book
(b) A letter’s better
(c) A rhyme in time
(d) You rich bitch

4. What composer does Harry say to his companion “wrote the words and music. This knowledge that you’re going mad for me”?
(a) Cole Porter
(b) Irving Berlin
(c) Franz Joseph Haydn
(d) Stephen Sondheim

5. Of Harry, the narrator says in the beginning of the story, “Now he would never write the things that he had saved to write until” when?
(a) He had the skills to write them well
(b) He had the inspiration to write them
(c) He knew enough to write them well
(d) He had the intelligence to write them well

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does the narrator use in the beginning of the story to refer to a type of African gazelles?

2. When Harry begins dictating to his companion, he describes a log house on a hill above the lake. What kind of trees are described as running from the house to the dock?

3. What word from the story refers to tight-fitting trousers worn primarily for horseback riding?

4. What is the powdered milk brand that Harry’s companion says she’ll have the servants mash potatoes with in the narrative?

5. One of Harry’s mistress’s children was killed how?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is the scene described when Harry awakens and sees Compton in the end of the story?

3. What does the narrator note about Harry’s profession of love to his female companion?

4. What is the emotional state of Harry’s companion in the beginning of “The Snows of Kilimanjaro”?

5. How are Harry’s memories in the story related to the image depicted in the author’s preface?

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

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

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

9. What does the gangrene in Harry’s leg represent symbolically in “The Snows of Kilimanjaro”?

10. What are the details of the letter Harry recalls sending to New York in the story?

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