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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the topic of the story in Chapter 15?

2. What are Mr. and Mrs. Elliot unsuccessful at achieving?

3. What do Nick and his friend realize as they talk?

4. What does the hotel keeper have sent to the American wife in her room?

5. What does the traveler buy when he visits various towns?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Hemingway writes about women giving birth or wanting a child in several of the stories. What is the significance of the birth theme to these stories? In literature in general?

Essay Topic 3

In the story in Chapter 10, "Cat in the Rain," the cat can represent many things for the American wife. What does the cat symbolize? Why does the cat elude her before she can catch it? Why does the hotel keeper have a cat sent to her room?

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