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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. How are the flashbacks into Harry’s past delineated from the rest of the narrative in “The Snows of Kilimanjaro”?
(a) They are in boldface
(b) They are italicized
(c) They are in parentheses
(d) They are in quotations

2. What location does Harry describe to his dictating companion, where “the flower sellers dyed their flowers in the street and the dye ran over the paving where the autobus started”?
(a) The Place Contrescarpe
(b) Asnieres-sur-Seine
(c) Montparnasse
(d) Aubervilliers

3. What war was Harry fighting in when he was in Anatolia?
(a) The Korean War
(b) The French and Spanish War
(c) World War II
(d) World War I

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

5. Who does Harry’s companion call for when she awakens at the end of the story?
(a) Lent
(b) Molo
(c) Nansen
(d) Hans

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what kind of animal does Harry’s companion say, “He’s the one makes the noise at night. I don’t mind it. They’re a filthy animal though”?

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

3. On what continent is Mount Kilimanjaro located?

4. What does Harry’s mistress repeatedly ask him if he’d like her to do in the beginning of the story?

5. Williamson is described as “a fat man, very brave, and a good officer, although addicted to” what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author depict death in the beginning of the story? What are Harry’s feelings about death here as opposed to the story’s ending?

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

3. How is Harry’s physical condition described in the beginning of the story? What thoughts consume Harry regarding his condition in the beginning of the story?

4. What indications does the author give that Harry’s flight with Compton is a dream?

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

6. What is the first setting that Harry describes when dictating to the woman?

7. What food does the woman bring to Harry after his nap? How does Harry feel about eating it?

8. What similar conditions does the protagonist of “The Snows of Kilimanjaro” have with the author of the story?

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

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

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