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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 does Hemingway's wife want to buy to have at the race track?

2. How does Hadley always feel at the racetrack?

3. What kind of people now frequent Hemingway's favorite cafe?

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

5. How much money was in the envelope for Hemingway at the Shakespeare and Company?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Hemingway say Sylvia Beach treated him?

3. What does Hemingway think about after making love to his wife after winning at the races?

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

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

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

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

8. How does Hemingway describe the Shakespeare and Company shop?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Each of Hemingway's writer friends had very different characteristics and personalities. What are the defining features of each of these people, and how did their individuality affect Hemingway's life?

Essay Topic 2

Death and mortality were two integral themes in Hemingway's life. What are some of the key examples of this theme, and how did the presence of this affect Hemingway's relationships?

Essay Topic 3

Courage and fear were two attributes that were seen a number of times in this book. Where do they appear, and how does the presence of these feelings change the people who are involved in those moments?

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