The Paris Wife: A Novel Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Paula McLain
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 135 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Paris Wife: A Novel Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Paula McLain
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 135 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the year at the opening to the novel?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1901.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1920.

2. Why does Anderson write to Ezra Pound, James Joyce, and Gertrude Stein?
(a) To ask them to teach Hemingway the ropes.
(b) To introduce Hemingway.
(c) To share gossip.
(d) To tell them that Hemingway probably has no talent.

3. How old is Hadley at the opening?
(a) 31.
(b) 21.
(c) 28.
(d) 18.

4. Why does Ernest want to go to Spain?
(a) To revisit some places he had been.
(b) To check out the unrest there.
(c) To witness some bullfighting.
(d) He does not ever want to go to Spain.

5. What does Hadley tell another passenger about what she lost?
(a) It was priceless.
(b) Nothing, because she is too upset to talk about it.
(c) It was not important.
(d) It can easily be replaced.

6. What does Ernest sometimes do uncontrollably?
(a) Throws things.
(b) Sobs.
(c) Writes for hours.
(d) Rants.

7. What does a reporter offer to do?
(a) Escort Hadley to Versailles.
(b) Escort Hadley to the States.
(c) Escort Hadley to Lusanne.
(d) Send some of Ernest's work to Cosmopolitan.

8. With whom does Ernest get into a fight?
(a) A British war correspondent.
(b) A Turkish ayatollah.
(c) A British soldier.
(d) A French war correspondent.

9. How is Gertrude Stein characterized in A Paris Wife?
(a) As a mediocre writer.
(b) As a psuedo-intellectual.
(c) As a lesbian.
(d) As somewhat of a passive person.

10. Who agrees to send some of Ernest's poetry to some contacts?
(a) Joyce.
(b) Stein.
(c) Pound.
(d) No one.

11. Where is the church where Ernest and Hadley marry?
(a) Near Ketchum.
(b) Holton Township.
(c) Horton Bay.
(d) Near St. Louis.

12. What does Hadley suspect about Kate?
(a) She hopes to be involved with Ernest.
(b) She is divorcing her husband.
(c) She is pregnant.
(d) She had been involved at one time with Ernest.

13. What does Ernest insist Hadley do?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Stay in Paris.
(c) Go with him on assignment.
(d) Return to the States.

14. What surprises Kate when she walks into the kitchen of her friends the next morning?
(a) There is a note saying everyone had already left for the day.
(b) F. Scott Fitzgerald is there.
(c) The kitchen is a wreck.
(d) Ernest Hemingway is there.

15. What does Ernest try to do when Hadley tells him of the incident on the train?
(a) Tries to comfort Hadley.
(b) Tries not to blame Hadley.
(c) Pretends that it's not important.
(d) Tries to remain calm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is significant about September 3, 1921?

2. What is Ernest's father's occupation?

3. What is Hadley hoping to do at the party?

4. Why does Hadley have difficulty with what Ernest accuses her?

5. For whom does Hadley feel an immediately liking?

(see the answer keys)

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