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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. What does Pauline do one day when Hadley and Ernest were napping?
(a) Comes in and wakes them to confront them.
(b) Takes Bumby for a walk.
(c) Joins them in the bed.
(d) Goes through their personal writings.

2. What is the Hemingways' son's name?
(a) Joseph Hadley Hemingway.
(b) Richard Hadley Hemingway.
(c) Jack Ernest Hemingway.
(d) John Hadley Hemingway.

3. Who becomes the Hemingway's son's godmother?
(a) Zelda Fitzgerald.
(b) Dorothy Pound.
(c) Ezra Pound.
(d) Gertrude Stein.

4. Why does Ernest decide to work extra hard?
(a) So Hadley does not have to suffer in the cold Canada winters.
(b) To earn passage to Paris.
(c) To prove to Hadley he can support her.
(d) To have good things for his son.

5. Where does Hadley suspect Ernest is meeting Pauline?
(a) In an office room he rented.
(b) Hadley does not think Ernest is meeting with Pauline.
(c) In a motel near the villa.
(d) In Pauline's motel room.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hadley hear about Ernest and Pauline as she is traveling?

2. What does Pauline say about Ernest that upsets Hadley?

3. What is Ernest's reaction to Hadley's confronting him?

4. What does Hadley finally decide?

5. What is Ernest doing more frequently?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Pauline and Ernest begin an affair and how did Ernest feel about her and Hadley?

2. How does it appear that Hadley and Pauline are friends? How does Hadley really feel about Pauline?

3. What evidence of success did Ernest have?

4. Who begins to visit the Hemingways frequently and what does Ernest think of her?

5. Where do Ernest, Hadley, and Bumby go and how was the trip?

6. Describe the confrontation between Ernest and Hadley about Pauline.

7. What happens when Hadley goes to visit Kitty at Kitty's apartment?

8. Why is Zelda jealous and what does she think of Ernest?

9. What deal did Hadley offer Ernest?

10. What does Ernest write Hadley from Madrid, and why does Ernest hate to be alone?

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