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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. Where does the narrator say Harry “had been happiest in the good time of his life”?
2. In his first flashbacks of memory, Harry recalls “looking out the window and seeing snow on the mountains in” what country?
3. Harry tells the woman in the beginning of “The Snows of Kilimanjaro” that he watched the way the vultures sailed carefully in case he ever wanted to do what?
4. What do the two boys have slung and carry as they follow Harry’s companion back to the camp when she returns in the evening?
5. One of Harry’s mistress’s children was killed how?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is revealed about the central characters of the story based solely on the opening dialogue in “The Snows of Kilimanjaro”?
2. How are Harry’s memories in the story related to the image depicted in the author’s preface?
3. How is death symbolized in “The Snows of Kilimanjaro”? What animal in the story’s ending represents death?
4. What imagery is depicted as Harry flies in the plane at the end of the story?
5. How is the scene described when Harry awakens and sees Compton in the end of the story?
6. What is the emotional state of Harry’s companion in the beginning of “The Snows of Kilimanjaro”?
7. What happens in the narrative when the text transitions to italics for the first time?
8. What similar conditions does the protagonist of “The Snows of Kilimanjaro” have with the author of the story?
9. What is the first setting that Harry describes when dictating to the woman?
10. How does Harry’s demeanor change when death begins moving in on him in the cot?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Discuss the settings of Karagatch and Thrace and analyzes Harry’s memories here. What train is Harry awaiting in this memory? What examples of imagery are described in this setting? Why does this memory stand out to Harry as he faces death?
Essay Topic 3
What does the leopard in the snow described in the author’s Preface symbolize in the story? Why does the author give this description prior to the opening lines of dialogue? How does the imagery of the leopard tie into the themes of “The Snows of Kilimanjaro”?
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