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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. When dictating to his companion, Harry describes riding a bike up the only asphalted street in his quarter of Paris which led to a tall hotel where who had died?

2. What affliction has Harry contracted in “The Snows of Kilimanjaro”?

3. Harry tells the woman in the beginning of the story that the vultures appeared the day that what happened?

4. The name of the western summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro translates to what in English, according to the author’s preface to the story?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What sound awakens the woman after Harry’s death? What does she do?

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

3. How does Harry explain the circumstances that have led him to this fate?

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

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

6. How are the “real world” and “dream world” differentiated through the narrative style at the ending of the story?

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

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

9. How does Harry’s female companion say she feels about Africa in the story?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the settings of Bludenz, Vorarlberg, and the Arlberg, and discuss the author’s imagery in depicting these settings in the story. How does the narrative style in this section reflect the activity of the characters? What symbolism can be seen in the imagery here?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Harry’s perceptions of the very rich and the poor as seen in the narrative. How does Harry describe the wealthy characters he has befriended and/or spent time with? How do these characters differ from those he encountered in the war? How are Harry’s perceptions of the rich illustrated through his relationship with the woman?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the “Iceberg Theory” or “Theory of Omission” developed by author Ernest Hemingway. How did this technique of writing develop out of Hemingway’s past as a journalist? What is the central point of using the iceberg theory in literature? How is this style illustrated in “The Snows of Kilimanjaro”?

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