Hemingway Test

5. Hemingway and his fellow expatriates living in France were deemed the _____ by Gertrude Stein.

Lost Generation

What can be inferred about Margaret's behavior throughout the marriage when Macomber says, "You said if we made this trip that there would be none of that. You promised" (19)?

Margaret has been unfaithful, having previous affairs

29. What three things does the older waiter tell the younger waiter that he has that makes him have everything?

youth, confidence, and a job

28. Which Hemingway code hero characteristic is represented in the way that the old man leaves the bar?

He walks "unsteadily but with dignity."

20. Explain Hemingway's use of voice in the following passage: "He would have liked to have a girl but he did not want to spend a long time getting her. He did not want to get into the intrigue and the politics. He did not want to have to do any courting. He did not want to tell any more lies" (113).

Hemingway uses repetitive syntax to show Krebs's emotional detachment following the war.

46. What does the American woman like about the hotel owner?

- the way he received compliments -his dignity - the way he liked to serve her

15. Why does the girl want the man to stop talking?

-He is upsetting her. -He isn't saying what she wants to hear. -He is resistant to changing their current lifestyle.

. Why does the young waiter want to refuse the old man another brandy?

-The waiter wants to go home. - He thinks he'll get drunk. - He might not pay for what he has already drunk.

How long have Mr. and Mrs. Macomber been married?

11 years

6. His autobiography about his time in Paris, _____, reflected upon his one true love Hadley.

A Moveable Feast

"The waiter watched him go down the street, a very old man walking unsteadily but with dignity." ("A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" 290).

Code Hero

dreads nada

Code Hero

prefers actions over words, the concrete over the abstract

Code Hero

With which question is the reader left wondering at the end of the story?

Did Margaret murder Francis?

When the American wife sees the cat, the cat is

sitting curled up under the table

4. Hemingway's writing received acknowledgement from a major publisher when his friend, _____, suggested Maxwell Perkins read his work. As a result, Hemingway was always faithful to this person.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

25. Why does the young waiter assume that the old man tried to commit suicide over "nothing"?

He has plenty of money.

1. In 1950, the New York Times declared Hemingway the most important writer since ___.

William Shakespeare

At the story's opening, what has Francis just shown himself to be?

a coward

35. Who is Wilson?

a white hunter

17. Historically speaking, a white elephant came to be known as ___.

an unwanted gift

16. The tone of the couple's conflict in this story is primarily one of ___.

bitterness and resentment

What did Francis do when faced with a lion to kill?

bolted like a rabbit

What are they going to hunt the next day?

buffalo

27. The waiter who appears to have more sympathy for the old man appreciates that the old man is ___.

clean

facts, observations, and incidents; used to develop a topic, shaping and seasoning voice

detail

Hemingway opens "Cat in the Rain" with ______________ such as the rain, the war monument, and the empty square in order to _______________________.

details / set the tone

word choice; the foundation of voice and contributes to all of its elements

diction

7. Hemingway's relationship with his sons can best be described as _____.

distant

23. The best word to describe Krebs after the war is ___.

emotionless/detached

32. Which symbol in the story represents the struggle Nick and Marjorie have communicating?

fishing

1. Krebs did not receive a hero's welcome because ___.

he came home from the war too late

22. Krebs makes his mother cry when he tells her ___.

he doesn't love her

How does the husband respond to the woman's list of things she wants?

he tells her to shut up and read a book

What does the woman say she gets so tired of?

her hair

"'It's really an awfully simple operation, Jig,' the man said. 'It's not really an operation at all'" ("Hills Like White Elephants" 212).

iceberg principle

"...about three o'clock in the morning...Francis Macomber..realized that his wife was not in the other cot in the tent. He lay awake with that knowledge for two hours. At the end of that time his wife came into the tent, lifted her mosquito bar and crawled cozily into bed." ("The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" 16).

iceberg principle

"And I want to eat at a table with my own silver and I want candles. And I want it to be spring and I want to brush my hair out in front of a mirror and I want a kitty and I want some new clothes" ("Cat in the Rain" 99).

iceberg principle

illustrates that the way something is written signifies more than what is actually there on the page

iceberg principle

offers implications (heavy or otherwise) of deeper meaning

iceberg principle

verbal representation of sense experience; brings the immediacy of sensory experience to writing

imagery

33. Nick says the relationship has run its course because ___.

it isn't fun anymore

13. What does the woman say the drink tastes like that the man agrees everything tastes like?

licorice

When we first meet the American wife, she is

looking out the window

30. In the old days, Hortons Bay was a ___.

lumbering town

fear of this causes insomnia

nada concept

nothingness, a state of non-being

nada concept

2. Of writing style, Hemingway preached, "Use _____ sentences. Use _____ first paragraphs."

short, short

10. Before his death at age sixty-one, Hemingway was involved in two _____.

plane crashes

19. Which of the following is NOT one of the ways Krebs deals with his post-war stress?

pondering suicide

24. The one activity that seems to give Krebs pleasure in the story is ___.

reading about the war

Based on the plot, the richest short story element in this story is arguably

setting and conflict

How does Wilson feel about Mrs. Macomber?

she is attractive she is cruel

14. Although she is pregnant, one of the reasons the girl most likely drinks alcohol is because ___.

she is trying to numb her troubles

grammatical sentence structure; controls verbal pacing and focus

syntax

12. Who says the hills look like white elephants?

the American woman/girl

9. The Old Man and the Sea ultimately earned Hemingway _____.

the Pulitzer Prize

During World War I, Hemingway was rejected by the Army, so he volunteered for ___.

the Red Cross ambulance division in Italy

31. The imagery at the beginning of the story suggests ___.

the crumbling relationship of Nick and Marjorie

18. The setting, a train station, most likely symbolizes ___.

the girl's two choices

The cat is a metaphor for ______________________.

the woman

8. Hemingway often told his sons, "It's hard _____."

to be a good man

expression of attitude; gives voice its distinctive personality

tone

Margaret is described as being

well-kept and beautiful