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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. Harry tells the woman that the first thing he did to deserve his fate was not putting what on his wound when he first scratched himself?
2. Near Harry and his mistress’s camp under the trees, the narrator describes a nearly dry water hole where what animals come to in the mornings?
3. When was Black’s Medical Dictionary first published?
4. Where does Harry recall living at Christmas in a woodcutter’s house?
5. When dictating to his companion, Harry describes riding a bike up the only asphalted street in his quarter of Paris which led to a tall hotel where who had died?
Short Essay Questions
1. What memories do Harry first recall through flashback in the story?
2. How would you describe the relationships between men and women in “The Snows of Kilimanjaro”?
3. How is Harry’s physical condition described in the beginning of the story? What thoughts consume Harry regarding his condition in the beginning of the story?
4. How would you describe the narrator of the story? Is the narrator’s perspective limited or omniscient?
5. Describe Harry’s memory of the officer named Williamson. What did Harry give Williamson?
6. How does Harry’s demeanor change when death begins moving in on him in the cot?
7. When Harry “returns” from his first reverie into his past, what comments does he make to his female companion?
8. How does Harry explain the circumstances that have led him to this fate?
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 does the reader learn about Harry from his flashbacks to Paris? What authors are alluded to in this section?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the setting of Gauertal, and discuss the imagery used by the author in depicting this setting. How does the imagery of the mountains compare with that of Kilimanjaro? How do the narrative descriptions in this section of the text differ from the main narrative’s prose? Why do you think they differ?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and discuss the setting of the story as established in the author’s preface. Where is Mt. Kilimanjaro located in Africa? What European nation(s) had control of this region during the time period of the narrative? What is the history of the Maasai people?
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