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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. Frederic and the priest agree that:
(a) Praying is not helpful anymore.
(b) People have become, in a way, more gentle.
(c) The war will continue for many years.
(d) The men are becoming more aggressive.

2. What is the problem Frederic encounters when he gets on the train?
(a) His seat being saved by the porter gets taken from him.
(b) His luggage has been misplaced.
(c) He does not have enough money for his ticket.
(d) His ticket is for the wrong destination.

3. What endearing term does Frederic use to refer to the baby?
(a) Little Catherine
(b) Baby Catherine
(c) Baby Henry
(d) Mini Catherine

4. The men in the army predict the upcoming year of the war to be _________ for the Italians.
(a) improved
(b) over
(c) about the same
(d) worse

5. One evening while Catherine is on night duty, the couple:
(a) read romantic books to one another
(b) sneak out for an easy walk
(c) profess their love to one another
(d) spend the night together

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Frederic do until the spring?

2. This epidemic killed 7,000 soldiers over the past winter.

3. Catherine reveals to Frederic in Chapter 21 that she is. . .

4. When Frederic is drunk, Rinaldi brings him _______________ to chew on in order to help sober him up.

5. Frederic's sweet reference to the baby in Chapter 24 seems to indicate:

Short Essay Questions

1. Expand upon Question #13. Have your opinions on Frederic's relationship with alcohol been changed, confirmed and/or altered? What is ironic about Frederic's interaction with alcohol in Chapter 22?

2. Describe Catherine Barkley.

3. Describe the character, Rinaldi.

4. What does the reference to "Baby Catherine" suggest?

5. Compare and contrast Frederic and Catherine's access to alone time with that of an average young adult couple today.

6. Discuss Hemingway's use of irony in the scene between Frederic and the barber.

7. How do you think Frederic feels about the news of Catherine being relocated?

8. Why do you think Frederic is so eager to return to the battlefield when additional time in the hospital gives him additional time with Catherine?

9. Discuss the tone of the opening two chapters.

10. How does Catherine diverge from the "normal" young woman of the early twentieth century in Chapter 18?

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