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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. For how long was Harry’s group snow-bound in Harry’s flashback to his time at the mountain huts by Schrunz?
2. What does the word “skischule” translate to in English?
3. Harry’s “femme de ménage” in Paris is described as having said, “It is the wife of the working man who suffers from” what?
4. When Harry begins dictating to his companion, he describes a bell on a pole by the door of the log house used to do what?
5. In Harry’s flashback to fleeing from a British gunner subaltern with a woman, they spend the night together and the next morning Harry arrives where “with a black eye, carrying his coat because one sleeve was missing”?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is death symbolized in “The Snows of Kilimanjaro”? What animal in the story’s ending represents death?
2. What imagery is depicted as Harry flies in the plane at the end of the story?
3. What does Harry ask for when the woman brings him more food after he’s dictated to her? What thoughts consume him here?
4. When Harry “returns” from his first reverie into his past, what comments does he make to his female companion?
5. How does Harry’s demeanor change when death begins moving in on him in the cot?
6. Discuss Harry’s regrets in the story. How do Harry’s regrets correlate with the presence of death?
7. What is the woman’s reasoning for going far from the camp to hunt in the story?
8. How long has Harry noticed the vultures in the opening of the story? What does he remark about their behavior?
9. What thoughts does Harry have about his past relationships to the “very rich”? What does this past have to do with Harry’s decision to come to Africa?
10. What are the details of the letter Harry recalls sending to New York in the story?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the “Iceberg Theory” or “Theory of Omission” developed by author Ernest Hemingway. How did this technique of writing develop out of Hemingway’s past as a journalist? What is the central point of using the iceberg theory in literature? How is this style illustrated in “The Snows of Kilimanjaro”?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and discuss the character of Molo in the narrative. What language does Molo speak? What is his role in the plot of the narrative? Why do you think the author included this character in his minimalist story?
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