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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Gertrude's partner?

2. What does Ford accuse his waiter of doing while he is with Hemingway at the cafe?

3. What does Hemingway like to write in?

4. What does Ford chastise Hemingway for while they sit together at a cafe?

5. What does Sylvia Beach decorate her store with?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Hemingway say Sylvia Beach treated him?

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

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

6. How does finishing a story make Hemingway feel?

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

8. How does Hemingway feel when he first enters Shakespeare and Company?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Alice was a person who was seen very little in this book, but whose presence made a big difference in Hemingway's life. How does she accomplish this? What are some ways that her presence, however brief, altered Hemingway's life? What would have happened differently if she had not been in the book at all?

Essay Topic 2

How is the theme of diversity shown in this book, and which people are most affected by this?

Essay Topic 3

What was the Bel Esprit, and why was Pound so invested in its creation? How did Pound's involvement in the Bel Esprit affect Hemingway's life, and his relationship with Ezra Pound?

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