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

2. How many race bets does Hemingway win?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

3. What does Stein call Hemingway's generation?
(a) The Angry Generation.
(b) The Missing Generation.
(c) The Lost Generation.
(d) The Needed Generation.

4. What does Hemingway say heightens his perception of the paintings in the museum?
(a) His desire to create.
(b) His life experience.
(c) His hunger.
(d) His self-loathing.

5. Where do most book vendors find their books to sell?
(a) Abandoned houses.
(b) Empty hotel rooms.
(c) Park benches.
(d) The train station.

Short Answer Questions

1. What country sent a letter for Hemingway to the Shakespeare and Company?

2. What is the current occupation of the man who interrupts Hemingway at the cafe?

3. What is Gertrude's last name?

4. Where is Hemingway's favorite museum located?

5. What does Sylvia Beach scold Hemingway for?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What kind of racing does Mike say he prefers, and why?

3. How does Hemingway feel about Stein's writing?

4. Where do many of Hemingway's stories take place, and why?

5. How does Hemingway describe the fishermen along the Seine?

6. Why does Hemingway say he never wrote about some of the greatest moments he witnessed in bicycle racing?

7. What does Hemingway do to make his stories more poetic?

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

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

10. What does the man who interrupts Hemingway complain about, and how does Hemingway try to help him?

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