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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sylvia Beach scold Hemingway for?
(a) Working too hard.
(b) Not paying his bill.
(c) Not eating.
(d) Lying to his wife.

2. Why does Mike NOT like horse racing?
(a) The races are too short.
(b) He has lost a lot of money there.
(c) You have to bet to enjoy it.
(d) He thinks the horses are badly treated.

3. How does Hemingway feel when he finishes a story?
(a) Satisfied and bored.
(b) Angry and alone.
(c) Happy and sad.
(d) Lonely and afraid.

4. What does Gertrude think of the story 'Up in Michigan'?
(a) It is obscene.
(b) It is stale.
(c) It is abstract.
(d) It is predictable.

5. Where does Hemingway work the day after he is interrupted?
(a) A library.
(b) Shakespeare and Company.
(c) His house.
(d) Another cafe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Hemingway feel the way he does when he first enters Sylvia's store?

2. What does Hemingway like to do early in the morning?

3. How does Hemingway feel about the author that Stein recommends to him?

4. Where does Hemingway like to go for reading material?

5. What does Hemingway eat while he reads?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Ford say he is a gentleman and Hemingway is not?

2. Who does Stein say belongs to the Lost Generation?

3. How does Hemingway feel after his discussion about homosexuals with Stein?

4. Why is Hemingway writing about Michigan while he is in Paris?

5. How does Stein think Hemingway views homosexuals?

6. How does Hemingway feel after his large meal at the nice restaurant?

7. How does Hemingway feel about Stein's definition of the Lost Generation?

8. What does Hemingway's wife say when she hears about the Shakespeare's company?

9. How does finishing a story make Hemingway feel?

10. Why does Stein dislike Ezra Pound's work?

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