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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 what part of his body is Harry afflicted in the story?
2. 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”?
3. What word, meaning a wine parlor, does the narrator use when describing the setting of Schrunz in Harry’s flashback?
4. The Dada movement began in approximately what year?
5. What is the name of the African servant to Harry and his mistress in the story?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is the theme of death depicted from the opening of the story?
2. How does Harry’s character differ in the flashbacks from his reality in the present?
3. While his companion is out hunting, Harry considers her character. How does Harry perceive the woman he’s with in this section?
4. What does the gangrene in Harry’s leg represent symbolically in “The Snows of Kilimanjaro”?
5. How does Harry’s female companion say she feels about Africa in the story?
6. Discuss the historical context of the story. How is Harry’s story reflective of the global climate at this time?
7. How is the theme of death illustrated in the ending of the story? What is ironic about this depiction?
8. How does the narrative style of the story differ between the italicized and non-italicized sections?
9. Describe Harry’s memory of the officer named Williamson. What did Harry give Williamson?
10. What do you think the imagery at the end of the novel (when Harry is on the plane) represents?
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 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 3
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?
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