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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. What word does the narrator use in the beginning of the story to refer to a type of African gazelles?
2. What word from the story refers to tight-fitting trousers worn primarily for horseback riding?
3. Harry claims that the man whom they hired to check out the truck didn’t check what?
4. Of Harry, the narrator says, “It was not so much that he lied as that” what?
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 happens in the narrative when the text transitions to italics for the first time?
2. In what ways does Harry exhibit apathy regarding his situation or life?
3. How does Harry explain the circumstances that have led him to this fate?
4. What do you think the imagery at the end of the novel (when Harry is on the plane) represents?
5. How is Harry’s flashback to the ranch described? What characters does Harry remember in this setting?
6. What indications does the author give that Harry’s flight with Compton is a dream?
7. What does the reader learn about Harry from his flashbacks to Paris? What authors are alluded to in this section?
8. When Harry “returns” from his first reverie into his past, what comments does he make to his female companion?
9. What do Harry and his female companion first argue about in the story?
10. How would you characterize the relationship between Harry and his companion? What is their greatest obstacle as a couple?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Harry’s role in World War I and the different battles he would have fought. What nations were allied during the war? How long did the war last? How do Harry’s experiences in the war reflect upon Hemingway’s?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and analyze the characters of Hans and Barker as depicted through Harry’s flashbacks. What do each of these characters represent symbolically in the story? What do the characters mean to Harry? How did Harry’s experiences with these individuals influence his character?
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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