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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. By what name does the African servant call Harry?
2. In one of Harry’s flashbacks, he recalls talking to a member of the Kaiser Jägers above the saw-mill about the attack on Perticara and where?
3. What is the powdered milk brand that Harry’s companion says she’ll have the servants mash potatoes with in the narrative?
4. What is Harry’s mistress’s reply when he says in the beginning of the story, “I don’t want to move. There is no sense in moving now except to make it easier for you”?
5. What does Harry recall “them” giving the deserter who arrived with the police right behind him in his flashback to living at the woodcutter’s house?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the emotional state of Harry’s companion in the beginning of “The Snows of Kilimanjaro”?
2. How is death’s movement personified in the story? What happens to Harry at this time?
3. Where was “The Snows of Kilimanjaro” first published? How was it received critically?
4. What does the thorn in “The Snows of Kilimanjaro” represent symbolically?
5. What memories do Harry first recall through flashback in the story?
6. How does Harry’s character differ in the flashbacks from his reality in the present?
7. In what ways does Harry exhibit apathy regarding his situation or life?
8. What indications does the author give that Harry’s flight with Compton is a dream?
9. What do Harry and his female companion first argue about in the story?
10. What memory does Harry first flashback to after awakening from his nap in the story?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Harry’s ambitions and regrets as a writer. How does the reader first learn that Harry is an author? What would you imagine Harry’s books to be like? In what ways is Harry a reflection of Ernest Hemingway?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the settings of Karagatch and Thrace and analyzes Harry’s memories here. What train is Harry awaiting in this memory? What examples of imagery are described in this setting? Why does this memory stand out to Harry as he faces death?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and analyze the character of Harry in “The Snows of Kilimanjaro.” How are Harry’s physical traits described? How old is Harry? What are Harry’s main objectives as a character? How does Harry drive the action of the story forward?
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