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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 narrator doing in the Memoir?

2. How does Nick sustain his injury?

3. In the Memoir for Chapter 4, what do the soldiers use for a barricade against the enemy?

4. What do Nick, his father and Uncle George deal with at the Indian camp?

5. Why do Nick and Bill not go out in the boat?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the setting for the story "The End of Something" in Chapter 3?

2. Describe how Hemingway's writing style captures the drama and bravado of Villalta, a very successful matador.

3. What is the scenario for the story in Chapter 2?

4. How do Nick's war wound and recovery experience mirror Hemingway's own life?

5. What is a quai and what is its significance to the story?

6. Describe the setting for the Story in Chapter 10, "Cat in the Rain."

7. Explain the significance of the bullfighting scenario in the Memoir of Chapter 9.

8. Who is the narrator of the Memoir for Chapter 13, and with whom does he interact in this very short scene?

9. Besides death and the fear of it, what is another important theme in the book which is evident in the Memoir for Chapter 2?

10. What are the main themes of the story which will become important throughout the entire book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are several instances in the book where young men--Nick for example--must face war and then the return home. Develop an essay on this related statement: "Nick returned home where everything was the same and nothing was the same."

Essay Topic 2

Most of Hemingway's characters has at least a minor flaw but Mr. Elliot in Chapter 9 seems especially handicapped despite all his attempts to live a conventional life. What internal and external struggles does Mr. Elliot have? What assaults on his male pride does he endure? What about his sense of professional competency? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Hemingway shows two radically different situations involving Hungarian men in Chapter 8. One Hungarian man is shown extreme kindness as he travels through Europe while two Hungarian men are indiscriminately shot during a robbery in Kansas City. Using this example, develop an essay on the theme of good and evil--the good of the European people and the evil of the American cop.

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