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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 term was popularized by Ernest Hemingway and referred to describe the generation that came of age during World War I?
(a) The Silent Generation
(b) The Lost Generation
(c) The Beat Generation
(d) The Absurdist Generation
2. What is the name of Harry’s female companion in “The Snows of Kilimanjaro”?
(a) Anna
(b) Sara
(c) Marie
(d) Helen
3. The narrator says that Harry “had chosen to make his living with something else instead of” what?
(a) His mind and heart
(b) A suit and tie
(c) A pen or a pencil
(d) A hammer and nail
4. Williamson is described as “a fat man, very brave, and a good officer, although addicted to” what?
(a) Bad music
(b) Fantastic shows
(c) Women and sex
(d) Drink and gambling
5. What composer does Harry say to his companion “wrote the words and music. This knowledge that you’re going mad for me”?
(a) Irving Berlin
(b) Cole Porter
(c) Franz Joseph Haydn
(d) Stephen Sondheim
Short Answer Questions
1. When Harry’s mistress says in the beginning of the story, “Please tell me what I can do,” Harry responds that she can take his leg off or do what?
2. Compton tells Harry at the end of the story that he’ll have to stop where to refuel?
3. Where does Harry describe renting a trout stream after the war as his companion dictates?
4. Of Harry and his mistress, the narrator says, “It was not her fault that when he went to her he was” what?
5. Of Harry’s friends, the narrator says, “The people he knew now were all much more comfortable when he did not” what?
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