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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 does the phrase “Sans Voir” from the story translate to in English?
(a) Without sound
(b) Without seeing
(c) Without love
(d) Without voice

2. How many children did Harry’s female companion have?
(a) 4
(b) 2
(c) 5
(d) 3

3. The Sette Communi was a group of municipalities in the Veneto region that spoke what language?
(a) The Udmurt language
(b) The Sami language
(c) The Frisian language
(d) The Cimbrian language

4. The narrator says of Harry in the story, “Now if this was how it ended, and he knew it was, he must not turn like some snake biting itself because” of what reason?
(a) It feared itself
(b) Its back was broken
(c) It was starving to death
(d) It was cold

5. What term was popularized by Ernest Hemingway and referred to describe the generation that came of age during World War I?
(a) The Beat Generation
(b) The Lost Generation
(c) The Silent Generation
(d) The Absurdist Generation

Short Answer Questions

1. When Harry offers Compton breakfast at the end of the story, Compton only accepts what?

2. The Dada movement began in approximately what year?

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

4. Who does Harry’s companion call for when she awakens at the end of the story?

5. As his companion dictates, Harry describes renting a trout stream after the war. Harry says that what individual had a fine fishing season that year?

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