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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 of Harry’s flashbacks, he recalls talking to a member of the Kaiser Jägers above the saw-mill about the attack on Perticara and where?
2. Harry’s companion tells him that they always stayed at what hotel in St. Germain?
3. 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?
4. When Harry apologizes and tells his companion that he’s never loved anyone else the way he loved her, the narrator comments, “He slipped into the familiar lie he made” what by?
5. Harry’s companion tells him when she returns from hunting, “The boys have the wood all ready and the grass to make” what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is symbolically significant about the woman’s name in “The Snows of Kilimanjaro”?
2. What imagery in the story forms its strongest symbolic element?
3. What does the gangrene in Harry’s leg represent symbolically in “The Snows of Kilimanjaro”?
4. How would you describe the relationships between men and women in “The Snows of Kilimanjaro”?
5. What is the woman’s reasoning for going far from the camp to hunt 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 have Harry’s feelings about his impending death changed in the course of the story by the ending?
8. What do you think the imagery at the end of the novel (when Harry is on the plane) represents?
9. What is revealed about the central characters of the story based solely on the opening dialogue in “The Snows of Kilimanjaro”?
10. Where was “The Snows of Kilimanjaro” first published? How was it received critically?
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 narrative style of “The Snows of Kilimanjaro.” Is the narrator involved in the action or standing outside of it? Is the narrator’s perspective omniscient or limited? Why do you think the author chose this narrative style? How does the narrative style of this story compare with that of Hemingway’s other works?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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