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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Snows of Kilimanjaro.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What war was Harry fighting in when he was in Anatolia?
(a) World War II
(b) World War I
(c) The Korean War
(d) The French and Spanish War

2. When describing his past to his companion who dictates, Harry describes the people of the Place Contrescarpe as being of two kinds: the drunkards and the what?
(a) Argots
(b) L’envers
(c) Sportifs
(d) Aeronauts

3. Of what kind of animal does Harry’s companion say, “He’s the one makes the noise at night. I don’t mind it. They’re a filthy animal though”?
(a) A vulture
(b) A hyena
(c) A lion
(d) A leopard

4. The narrator refers to Harry’s mistress as the “kindly caretaker and destroyer of” what?
(a) His manhood
(b) His lust
(c) His talent
(d) His ego

5. Of Harry and his mistress, the narrator says, “It was not her fault that when he went to her he was” what?
(a) Already devoid of talent
(b) Depressed
(c) Over the hill
(d) Already over

Short Answer Questions

1. In what part of his body is Harry afflicted in the story?

2. How would you describe the narrator of “The Snows of Kilimanjaro”?

3. Harry and the woman are waiting for the arrival of what in “The Snows of Kilimanjaro”?

4. By what name does the author assert the western summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro is known as in the author’s preface to the story?

5. What kind of tree is Harry’s cot described as sitting under in the beginning of the story?

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