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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. Where is Sylvia Beach from?
(a) America.
(b) Canada.
(c) France.
(d) England.

2. What word does the man who interrupts Hemingway use to describe Hemingway's writing?
(a) Exposed.
(b) Stark.
(c) Unreal.
(d) Abstract.

3. What does Hemingway feel his writing will become?
(a) Abstract.
(b) Forced.
(c) Impotent.
(d) Repetitive.

4. What country sent a letter for Hemingway to the Shakespeare and Company?
(a) Germany.
(b) America.
(c) England.
(d) Canada.

5. What kind of books does Hemingway love to find on his walks?
(a) French.
(b) Historical.
(c) English.
(d) Latin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Hemingway do much of his writing?

2. Who types up Gertrude's writing?

3. What distracts Hemingway from his writing at the beginning of the book?

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

5. What other kind of racing does Hemingway become involved in?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Hemingway say would make his story about the interrupter more interesting?

2. Why does Hemingway say he does not fish himself?

3. What happens when Hadley bets on a long shot at the races?

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

5. What does Hemingway like about his favorite cafe in Paris?

6. What is Hemingway's wife excited about when he returns to their apartment at the beginning of the book?

7. How do two of Hemingway's stories survive?

8. How does finishing a story make Hemingway feel?

9. Why does Hemingway feel comfortable in his state of poverty?

10. How does Hemingway lose his stories?

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