View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hemingway make the man who interrupts him promise?
(a) To not tell his friends about the cafe.
(b) To not come back to the cafe.
(c) To leave him alone for an hour.
(d) To start writing again.

2. What does Hemingway like to do early in the morning?
(a) Ponder.
(b) Write.
(c) Walk.
(d) Read.

3. What does Hemingway's wife say that Hemingway often has in his life to help him?
(a) Friends.
(b) Good timing.
(c) Luck.
(d) Skill.

4. Where will Hemingway and his family spend the winter?
(a) France.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) Belgium.
(d) Austria.

5. Why does Ford say he is a gentleman?
(a) He attended a great university.
(b) He has lots of money.
(c) His father was a gentleman.
(d) He was an officer in the army.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hemingway define his friendship with Stein?

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

3. What does Hemingway like to imagine while he writes?

4. What does Hemingway say heightens his perception of the paintings in the museum?

5. How many month's of savings does Hemingway's wife lose on a horse race?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Ford get mad at the waiter from the cafe?

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

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

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

5. How do Hemingway and his wife respond to the news of his lost writings?

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

7. What does Hemingway do when he is interrupted at his cafe?

8. Who does the caped man turn out to be?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 730 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample