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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. As his companion dictates, Harry describes renting a trout stream after the war. Harry says that what individual had a fine fishing season that year?

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

3. 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”?

4. What animals does Harry see from the plane that are described as “big-headed dots seeming to climb as they moved in long fingers across the plain”?

5. Where does Harry describe renting a trout stream after the war as his companion dictates?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Harry feel incapable of expressing in words when he dictates to the woman in the story?

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

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

4. How is the theme of death depicted from the opening of the story?

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

6. How does Harry’s demeanor change when death begins moving in on him in the cot?

7. What memory does Harry first flashback to after awakening from his nap in the story?

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

9. Describe Harry’s memory of the officer named Williamson. What did Harry give Williamson?

10. What elements of Harry’s past show the greatest impact on him as a character?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss the theme of “wasted talent” seen in “The Snows of Kilimanjaro.” Whom does Harry blame for his wasted talent initially? How does he feel this waste is the fault of his own? How does this theme relate to Harry’s decision to come to Africa?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the setting of Gauertal, and discuss the imagery used by the author in depicting this setting. How does the imagery of the mountains compare with that of Kilimanjaro? How do the narrative descriptions in this section of the text differ from the main narrative’s prose? Why do you think they differ?

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