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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Hemingway want to go before he went to visit the cafes where the other writers frequent?
(a) A restaurant.
(b) Shakespeare and Company.
(c) The Louvre.
(d) The horse track.

2. What does Fitzgerald blame for his inability to write?
(a) Paris.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) His friends.
(d) Zelda.

3. What disappoints Hemingway about Fitzgerald's writing?
(a) It is repetetive.
(b) It is slow to progress.
(c) It is too commercial.
(d) It is so somber.

4. What does Stein call her companion?
(a) Princess.
(b) Petal.
(c) Priceless.
(d) Pussy.

5. What is the name of the owner of the bar that Fitzgerald frequented?
(a) Gregory.
(b) Georges.
(c) Greggors.
(d) Graham.

6. What did Fitzgerald start to look like while he was talking to Hemingway for the first time?
(a) An old man.
(b) A skeleton.
(c) An angelic being.
(d) A young boy.

7. What does Hemingway find odd about Fitzgerald's body?
(a) His head is large.
(b) His feet are small.
(c) His legs are short.
(d) His arms are long.

8. How does a man die when Hemingway is watching in the mountains?
(a) He is stabbed.
(b) An avalanche.
(c) He falls off a cliff.
(d) He has pneumonia.

9. Why does Hemingway leave the cafe Select?
(a) He sees someone who would talk about horses.
(b) His wife is there.
(c) He sees a woman he has desired.
(d) He sees the man he insulted.

10. What does Walsh hate being called?
(a) Ernie.
(b) Wally.
(c) Ernest.
(d) Walsh.

11. Why does Zelda get excited when her husband drinks some wine?
(a) He is easier to manipulate when he is drunk.
(b) He is nicer to her when he is drunk.
(c) He can't work when he is drunk.
(d) He spends more money when he is drunk.

12. Where does Hemingway have an affair?
(a) Austria.
(b) New York.
(c) Lyons.
(d) Hadley.

13. Why does Hemingway want to leave Stein's house before she leaves on her vacation?
(a) He didn't like what she said.
(b) He heard her having a fight.
(c) He wanted to be with his wife.
(d) He was disgusted by the maid.

14. What does Hemingway scold Shipman for when they first meet in Paris?
(a) Not wearing warm clothes.
(b) Ordering whiskey so early in the day.
(c) Being too thin.
(d) Cheating on his wife.

15. Why does Zelda have a fight with Fitzgerald at a party?
(a) He wrote the entire time.
(b) He wanted to leave early.
(c) He would not drink.
(d) He was flirting with other women.

Short Answer Questions

1. What excuse does Hemingway try to give when he leaves Stein's house before she goes on vacation?

2. Where does Hemingway hide the jar that Ezra gives him when he leaves town?

3. What animal does Hemingway compare Wyndham Lewis to?

4. Where did T.S. Elliot work before he became a great writer?

5. What does Hemingway call his affair in the book?

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