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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What word, meaning a wine parlor, does the narrator use when describing the setting of Schrunz in Harry’s flashback?
2. What does Harry say was burned out of the truck when arguing with his companion in the beginning of the story?
3. Of what does the narrator say Harry had sold “in one form or another, all his life and when your affections are not too involved you give much better value for the money”?
4. When was Black’s Medical Dictionary first published?
5. Of whom does Harry think, “You said that you could write about these people; that you were not really of them but a spy in their country”?
Short Essay Questions
1. What memory does Harry first flashback to after awakening from his nap in the story?
2. How does the narrative style of the story differ between the italicized and non-italicized sections?
3. Why does Harry berate himself as he sits alone 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. How is death symbolized in “The Snows of Kilimanjaro”? What animal in the story’s ending represents death?
6. 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?
7. What similar conditions does the protagonist of “The Snows of Kilimanjaro” have with the author of the story?
8. What sound awakens the woman after Harry’s death? What does she do?
9. What are the details of the letter Harry recalls sending to New York in the story?
10. What does the reader learn about Harry from his flashbacks to Paris? What authors are alluded to in this section?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and analyze the characters of Hans and Barker as depicted through Harry’s flashbacks. What do each of these characters represent symbolically in the story? What do the characters mean to Harry? How did Harry’s experiences with these individuals influence his character?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the theme of death as illustrated through Hemingway’s imagery in the beginning of “The Snows of Kilimanjaro.” What creatures in the beginning of the story are associated with death? How? What do these animals symbolize to the central characters in the story?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Hemingway’s use of flashback in “The Snows of Kilimanjaro.” How does Hemingway denote the transitions from the present narrative to the past narrative? How common is this stylistic device in Hemingway’s body of works? How does the narrative of the flashbacks in the story differ from the normal prose?
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