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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. Harry’s companion tells him when she returns with meat that she’s been destroyed how many times before?

3. What does the German word “jäger” translate to in English?

4. Harry’s companion tells him that they always stayed at what hotel in St. Germain?

5. What drink does Harry ask the African servant to bring him in the beginning of the story?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Discuss the historical context of the story. How is Harry’s story reflective of the global climate at this time?

6. What does the gangrene in Harry’s leg represent symbolically in “The Snows of Kilimanjaro”?

7. What is the first setting that Harry describes when dictating to the woman?

8. What does Harry think about when he awakens alone after a nap in the story? Where has his companion gone?

9. How are Harry’s memories in the story related to the image depicted in the author’s preface?

10. Why does Harry berate himself as he sits alone after awakening from his nap in the story?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and analyze the character of Harry’s female companion in “The Snows of Kilimanjaro.” How old is “the woman” said to be in the narrative? What is her relationship to Harry? How long have they been involved? What do you think the woman’s objectives are in the narrative?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Harry’s ambitions and regrets as a writer. How does the reader first learn that Harry is an author? What would you imagine Harry’s books to be like? In what ways is Harry a reflection of Ernest Hemingway?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the symptoms, treatments, and history of gangrene. How common in gangrene today? What treatments would have been available to Harry during the time of the story? How much time would Harry have had to get medical treatment in order to have lived?

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