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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. Schwarzwald is a wooded mountain range located in the southwest of what country?
(a) Russia
(b) Germany
(c) Romania
(d) Austria

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

3. Where is Monte Corona located?
(a) Austria
(b) Spain
(c) Portugal
(d) Italy

4. The Dada movement was originated by a group of artists and poets associated with what café?
(a) The Café Fribourg
(b) The Cabaret Voltaire
(c) The Café Vordergasse
(d) The White Horse Tavern

5. On what continent is Mount Kilimanjaro located?
(a) Europe
(b) South America
(c) Africa
(d) Asia

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator say Harry “had been happiest in the good time of his life”?

2. Harry’s mistress tells him in the beginning of the story that Black’s Medical Dictionary says that what is bad for him in his condition?

3. By what title does the African servant refer to Harry’s female companion in the story?

4. The narrator says of Harry in the second half of the story, “So this was how you died, in whispers that you” what?

5. What is Harry’s response when his companion says, “That's not fair. I love you now. I'll always love you. Don't you love me?”

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Harry’s character differ in the flashbacks from his reality in the present?

2. What similar conditions does the protagonist of “The Snows of Kilimanjaro” have with the author of the story?

3. What memory does Harry first flashback to after awakening from his nap in the story?

4. How would you characterize the relationship between Harry and his companion? What is their greatest obstacle as a couple?

5. What memories do Harry first recall through flashback in the story?

6. How does Harry’s behavior toward the woman progress as he drinks before falling asleep in the narrative?

7. What imagery is depicted as Harry flies in the plane at the end of the story?

8. How is the theme of death depicted from the opening of the story?

9. How are the “real world” and “dream world” differentiated through the narrative style at the ending of the story?

10. How does the author depict death in the beginning of the story? What are Harry’s feelings about death here as opposed to the story’s ending?

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