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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. In one flashback, Harry recalls “the man who had the fox to sell when they had walked into” what town?
2. What café does Harry describe as being filled with “the smell of dirty sweat and poverty and drunkenness” when dictating to his companion?
3. What happened to the log house that Harry describes to his companion as she dictates in the second half of the story?
4. Harry’s companion says in the beginning of the story, “I said I’d go anywhere you wanted. If you wanted to shoot we could have gone shooting” where?
5. The narrator says of Harry’s female companion that she “loved him dearly as a writer, as a man, as a companion and as” what?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Harry explain the circumstances that have led him to this fate?
2. 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?
3. What elements of Harry’s past show the greatest impact on him as a character?
4. What is revealed about the central characters of the story based solely on the opening dialogue in “The Snows of Kilimanjaro”?
5. What do Harry and his female companion first argue about in the story?
6. What is symbolically significant about the woman’s name in “The Snows of Kilimanjaro”?
7. While his companion is out hunting, Harry considers her character. How does Harry perceive the woman he’s with in this section?
8. What does the thorn in “The Snows of Kilimanjaro” represent symbolically?
9. What imagery in the story forms its strongest symbolic element?
10. How is Harry shown to utilize his talents in the narrative?
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
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 and discuss the setting of the story as established in the author’s preface. Where is Mt. Kilimanjaro located in Africa? What European nation(s) had control of this region during the time period of the narrative? What is the history of the Maasai people?
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