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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 and says there were two ways to walk it. One was down the valley from where?

2. Many claim that the Dada movement began where?

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

4. When Harry’s mistress says in the beginning of the story, “Please tell me what I can do,” Harry responds that she can take his leg off or do what?

5. What does the phrase “Sans Voir” from the story translate to in English?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do you think the imagery at the end of the novel (when Harry is on the plane) represents?

2. What do Harry and his female companion first argue about in the story?

3. How is Harry’s flashback to the ranch described? What characters does Harry remember in this setting?

4. What does the narrator note about Harry’s profession of love to his female companion?

5. How does Harry’s behavior toward the woman progress as he drinks before falling asleep in the narrative?

6. What does Harry ask for when the woman brings him more food after he’s dictated to her? What thoughts consume him here?

7. What is revealed about the central characters of the story based solely on the opening dialogue in “The Snows of Kilimanjaro”?

8. When Harry “returns” from his first reverie into his past, what comments does he make to his female companion?

9. While his companion is out hunting, Harry considers her character. How does Harry perceive the woman he’s with in this section?

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

Discuss the theme of death as illustrated through Hemingway’s imagery in the beginning of “The Snows of Kilimanjaro.” What creatures in the beginning of the story are associated with death? How? What do these animals symbolize to the central characters in the story?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and analyze the character of Harry in “The Snows of Kilimanjaro.” How are Harry’s physical traits described? How old is Harry? What are Harry’s main objectives as a character? How does Harry drive the action of the story forward?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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