Q & A Ernest Hemingway-Life and works









                                          Ernest Hemingway


                                                     



            “But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.”
                                                                                                  Ernest Hemingway




                                                               
   








                                                       Quiz#1

                Ernest Hemingway-Life and works


  1. Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), born in Oak Park, Illinois. T  F

  1. Hemingway started his career as a writer in a newspaper office in Kansas City at the age of seventeen. T  F

  1. Hemingway joined a volunteer ambulance unit in the French army.  T  F

  1. Hemingway became a reporter for Canadian and American newspapers and was soon sent back to Europe to cover such events as the Greek Revolution. T  F

  1. During the twenties, Hemingway became a member of the group of expatriate Americans in Paris, which he described in his first important work, The Sun Also Rises (1926).     T  F

  1. Equally successful was A Farewell to Arms (1929), the study of an American ambulance officer's disillusionment in the war and his role as a deserter. T  F

  1. Hemingway used his experiences as a reporter during the civil war in Italy as the background for his most ambitious novel, For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940). T  F

  1. Among Hemingway’s later works, the most outstanding is the short novel, “The Crucible”.     T  F

  1. On July 8, 1918, at the Italian front he was wounded by machine gun fire, ending his career as an ambulance driver. T  F

  1. Hemingway returned home and in 1920 took a job in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at the Toronto Star newspaper as a freelancer, staff writer, and foreign correspondent.      T  F

  1. In 1921 Hemingway married Hadley Richardson and moved to Paris as a correspondent for the Toronto Star covering the Greco-Turkish War. T  F

  1. In1925, Hemingway’s last year at the Star, his first book, “Three Stories and Ten Poems”, was published in Paris by Robert McAlmon.    T  F

  1. In 1923 year, Hemingway’s first son, John, was born in Toronto. T  F

  1. Busy supporting a family, Hemingway became bored with the Toronto Star, and on January 1, 1924, resigned. T  F

  1. Hemingway mentor was Ezra Pound, the founder of Imagism. T  F

  1. Hemingway's affair with an American nurse, Agnes von Kurowsky, during his hospital recuperation gave basis for the novel “For Whom the Bell Tolls”. T  F


  1. Hemingway's first books, THREE STORIES AND TEN POEMS (1923), of which he received no advance at all, and IN OUR TIME (1924), were published in Paris. THE TORRENTS OF SPRING (1926) was a parody of Sherwood Anderson's style. T  F

  1. Hemingway's first serious novel was THE SUN ALSO RISES (1926). T  F

  1. After the publication of MEN WITHOUT WOMEN (1927), Hemingway returned to the United States, settling in Key West, Florida. T  F

  1. Hemingway and Hadley divorced in 1930. T  F

  1. In 1930 Hemingway married Pauline Pfeiffer, a wealthy fashion editor. T  F

  1. In Florida Hemingway wrote A Farewell to Arms, which was published in 1929. T  F

  1. In 1930s Hemingway wrote such major works as DEATH IN THE AFTERNOON (1932). T  F

  1. A nonfiction account of Spanish bullfighting, and THE GREEN HILL OF AFRICA (1935), a story of a hunting safari in East Africa. T  F

  1. “For whom The Bell Tolls”(1937) was made into a film by the director Howard Hawks. T  F

  1. One of Hemingway's most frequently anthologized short stories is 'The Snows of Kilimanjaro,' first published in Esquire in August1934. T  F

  1. In 1937 Hemingway observed the Spanish Civil war firsthand. T  F

  1. THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA, published first in Life magazine in 1952, restored again his fame. The protagonist is an old Cuban fisherman named Santiago, who finally catches a giant marlin after weeks of disappointments. T  F

  1. In 1961 Hemingway was hospitalized at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, for treatment of depression, and released in 1961. T  F

  1. On July 2 Hemingway committed suicide with his favorite shotgun at his home in Ketchum, Idaho. T  F

  1. True at First Light, depiction of a safari in Kenya, appeared in July 1999. T  F
        

                                                               Quiz#2

                                         For whom the bell tolls


  1. Pilar is a Pablo’s part-gypsy “Man”.                                                    T  F 

  1. Pilar means roller in Spanish.                                                               T  F

  1. Pilar is support centre for guerrilla group.                                            T  F

  1. Pilar has intuitive, mystical connection to deeper truths
about the working of the world.                                                                 T  F

  1. Pilar is arguably the most colourful and likable character in
“For whom the bell tolls”.                                                                          T  F

  1. Pilar reads palms and interprets sexual experiences.                           T  F

  1. Maria is a young woman who falls in love with Robert Jordan.         T  F

  1. Maria is a victim of rape at the hands of fascists.                                T  F

  1. Hemingway compares Maria’s movement to a cub.                            T  F

  1. Pilar is an old, trustworthy guerrilla fighter.                                        T  F

  1. For Robert Jordan, Anselmo represents all that is good about Spaniards.   T  F

  1. Agustin is a trustworthy and high spirited guerrilla fighter.                T  F

  1. Robert, who mans the machine gun, is secretly in love with Maria.   T  F

  1. General Golz is a Italian General, allied with the Republicans.          T  F

  1. General Golz assigns Robert Jordan the palace-blowing mission.      T  F

  1. Robert Jordan says that general Golz is the best general he had served under.  T  F

  1. Jordan believes that thinking is useless because it breaks down resolves
and impedes action .                                                                                  T  F

  1. Kashkin is a Russian guerrilla operative who once worked with Pablo’s band to blow up a train.  T  F

  1. Golz never appears in the novel but he is a foil for Robert Jordan.    T  F

  1. Karkov is a well connected foreign correspondent for the
Russian newspaper Pravda.                                                                      T  F

  1. Captain Rogelio Gomez is a former carpenter and now commander of the battalion.   T  F

  1. Captain Rogelio Gomez is a Republican staff office brigade commander.   T  F

  1. Andre Marty is the French Commissar of the international brigade. T  F

  1. Lieutenant Paco Berrendo is devoutly catholic fascist officer who orders the beheading  of El Sordo’s men.                                                          T  F

  1. Captain Moro is an overconfident fascist commander in charge of taking El Sordo’s hill.                                                                                       T  F

  1. Finito de Palencia is Pilar’s former lover.                                         T  F

  1. “For whom the bell tolls” open with a photograph.                          T  F

  1. “No man in an Island, entire of itself” is epigrapgh of British poet Blake.  T  F



  

                                                                  Quiz#3

                                                   For whom the bell tolls
                                                                       By
                                                               Hemingway

  1. __________ is an American volunteer for the Republican side in the Spanish civil war.

(a)    Pablo
(b)   Robert Jordan
(c)    Pilar
(d)   Anselmo

  1. __________ is the Protagonist of “For whom the bell tolls”.

(a)    Robert Jordan
(b)   Pilar
(c)    Anselmo
(d)   Pablo

  1. Robert Jordan appreciates physical pleasures like smelling pine trees, drinking absinthe and having ____________.

(a)    Knowledge
(b)   Experience
(c)    Books
(d)   Sex

  1. Robert Jordan leaves his job as a college instructor in ________ to volunteer for the Republican side in the Spanish civil war.

(a)    UAE
(b)   USA
(c)    KSA
(d)   UK

  1. Robert Jordan experiences a great deal of____________.

(a)    External conflict
(b)   Internal conflict
(c)    Maternal conflict
(d)   Paternal conflict

  1. Robert Jordan wonders whether there is really any difference between the_________ and republican sides.

(a)    Jews
(b)   Christian
(c)    Muslims
(d)   Fascist

  1. In public Jordan announces that he is _____ rather than a communist.
(a)    Pro-Fascist
(b)   Anti-Fascist
(c)    Republican
(d)   Anti-Republican

  1. Despite Jordan’s newfound love for Maria he feels that there cannot be a place for her in his life while he also has_________.

(a)    Another love affair
(b)   A wife
(c)    Extra marital affair
(d)   His military work

  1. ________ is the leader of the guerrilla camp.

(a)    Pilar
(b)   Pablo
(c)    Jordan
(d)   Anselmo

  1. _________ often compares Pablo to a bull, a bear, and other burly, stubborn and unpleasant animals.

(a)    Hemingway
(b)   Jordan
(c)    Pilar
(d)   Anselmo

  1. Pablo is tired of the war and attached to his________.

(a)    Beloved
(b)   Mother
(c)    Son
(d)   Horses

  1. At the start of the novel__________ is ready to betray the republican cause.

(a)    Jordan
(b)   Pablo
(c)    Pilar
(d)   Anselmo

  1. Pablo views ________ as a threat to the guerrilla’s safety.

(a)    Pilar
(b)   Anselmo
(c)    Robert Jordan
(d)   Anselmo

  1. Pablo cannot be labeled as a __________.

(a)    Hero
(b)   Vilain
(c)    Major character
(d)   Flat




                                                                Quiz#4

                                          For whom the bell tolls

1. Robert Jordan is an American_______

a. Lawyer
b. Professor
c. Student
d. Mechanic

2. Pablo is very proud of the_______ he stole from the soldiers he killed.

a. Horses
b. Guns
c. Plans
d. Money

3. Who asks Robert Jordan: "What right have you, a foreigner, to come to me and tell me what I must do?"

a. Primitivo
b. Anselmo
c. Pablo
d. Pilar

4. Golz is a _____ general.

a. German
b. Spanish
c. Russian
d. American

5. "Cropped-head" refers to which character?

a. Andres
b. Jordan
c. Anselmo
d. Maria

6. What does Robert Jordan call "sharks"?

a. Enemy soldiers
b. Pablo and his recruits
c. General Golz and his men
d. Enemy planes

7. Who becomes the leader of the group when Pablo refuses to blow the bridge?

a. Jordan
b. El Sordo
c. Anselmo
d. Pilar

8. Snow can be a metaphor for all of the following except

a. Battle
b. Anticipation
c. Doom
d. Victory

9. Finito, Pilar's lover before Pablo, was a______ in Valencia.

a. Professor
b. Revolutionary
c. Mayor
d. Bull-fighter

10. Maria's father, a devoted Republican, was also a _________

a. Professor
b. Bull-fighter
c. Mayor
d. Revolutionary

11. Robert Jordan worries about losing all of the following except

a. His supplies
b. Time
c. His life
d. Maria

12. When Maria tells Jordan, "if we do everything together, the other maybe never will have been," what does "the other" refer to?

a. The murder of her parents
b. Her rape by the Fascist soldiers
c. Pablo's outburst at Jordan
d. The death of her old boyfriend

13. Pilar foretells Jordan's future through

a. A vision
b. Card reading
c. Palm reading
c. The stars
14. Jordan's nickname for Maria refers to the way she

a. Eats
b. Dresses
c. Talks
d. Walks

15. On his last night with Maria, what prevents Jordan from sleeping?

a. Time ticking away on his watch
b. An approaching soldier
c. Keeping watch
d. Unsettled nerves

16. The night that Pablo leaves, Rafael was not at his post because

a. He was killed by a soldier
b. He was following Pablo
c. He was hunting rabbits
d. He had fallen asleep

17. El Sordo's name refers to which characteristic?

a. Old age
b. Courage
c. Deafness
d. Lameness

18. Pillar’s tale about Pablo's early victory symbolizes what?

a. Pablo's childhood
b. The inhumanity of war
c. The victory of the Republican cause
d. Pilar's fear of death

19. The following are all major themes in For Whom the Bell Tolls except

a. Love
b. Death
c. Irony
d. All of the above are major themes.

20. Hemingway's writing style, despite his complex plot and imagery, can be best described as_______

a. Direct and simple
b. Elusive
c. Flowery
d. Stream-of-consciousness

21. How does Anselmo feel when he thinks "the fascists are warm Å and they are comfortable, and tomorrow night we will kill them"?

a. Sad
b. Scared
c. Proud
d. Vengeful

22. The trouble Andres encounters when he tries to deliver the message to Golz is a commentary on the _______ of the Republican army.

a. Apathy and inefficiency
b. Size
c. Pride
d. Security

23. Which character do the others refer to when they say he has "gone bad"?

a. Andres
b. Jordan
c. Pablo
d. Rafael

24. Which character is always sent away when fighting is discussed?

a. Maria
b. Pablo
c. Pilar
d. Rafael

25. The deceased Kashkin could symbolize Jordan's

a. Foreignness
b. Job
c. Bravery
d. Death


                                                              Quiz#5

                                         For whom the bell tolls

1. As mentioned, the novel covers the Spanish Civil War. Robert Jordan, the main character, functions in which of the following military positions?

(a) General
(b) Cavalry troop
(c) Dynamiter
(d) Bridge sentry

2. Which of the following concepts are not addressed in the novel?

(a) Spanish women were considered unable to serve in Guerrilla armies.
(b) The violence committed during war constitutes repenting at its termination.
(c) Innocent people are sometimes victims of war.
(d) Spain thrived to become a democratic and equal nation.

3. Near the end of the novel, Robert Jordan begins to observe every element of nature around him. This slowing down of time was addressed similarly in a man waiting for the end to come by which of the following short stories?

a. "The Story of an Hour"
b. "To Build a Fire"
c. "Flight"
d. "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"

4. What approach did Robert use to soothe Maria (the cropped head Spanish girl he became infatuated with in his band)?

a. Physical comfort
b. Motivational encouragement
c. Reassuring talk
d. All of these answers are correct

5. "In general, Pablo, besides being the intellectual leader of the band, was also the most abrasive and had the most tainted past."- Assess the validity of this statement.

a. True
b. False
c. Not given

6. Maria's cropped hair came as a result of it being cut maliciously by a group of Fascists. These same ones did away with her parents in front of her, and the entire experience traumatized her. This past experience is something she reveals to how many others members of the guerrilla band, except Robert Jordan?

a. Two
b. Zero
c. Five
d .Six

7. Part of comprehending a literary work is knowing the literary elements associated with it. Which of the following events in "For Whom the Bell Tolls" is not part of rising action?

a. Waiting for the first of the cavalry to approach their camp
b. Pablo swiping a stick of Robert's dynamite while he was sleeping
c. The explosion of the bridge
d. The deliberate ticking of Robert's watch

8. Which character in the novel experiences repetitive remorse about the violent actions associated with war, wanting to desperately atone for his actions?

a. Pilar
b. Anselmo
c. Rafael
d. Augustin

9. When one thinks of Hemingway, he/she expects certain elements to appear. Which of the following, part of Hemingway's typical literary scheme, does NOT appear in "For Whom the Bell Tolls?"

a. Flirtatious female
b. Character with a dark or huge secret
c. Abuse of alcohol
d. Bullfighting

10. Which of the following best illustrates Hemingway's use of dialogue in the novel?

a. It is artsy, as he attempts to have his characters appear astute.
b. It is limited, as his description of nature leaves little necessity for dialogue.
c. It is straightforward, with conversations controlling the tempo of the plot.
d. It is dominating, with few references to nature.

11. Many characters in a story come to accept their fates. Which of the following is realized by Robert Jordan as the book progresses?

a. The blowing of the bridge will likely claim his life.
b. His efforts to blow the bridge are futile.
c. Pablo intends to betray the group to the Fascists.
d. The Republic will inevitably lose the war.

12. Pilar is a strong-willed individual. She doesn't fear speaking ill of her husband, Pablo, or telling people when they are wrong. She even assumes dictatorial command over the group. However, when it comes to observing Robert Jordan and Maria, what emotion becomes her downfall and burden?

a. Envy
b. Longing
c. Hope
d. Anger

13. Andres attempts to deliver a message to General Golz. When he arrives at his destination, he is believed to be a Fascist spy. Consequently, he has to go to great lengths to prove himself. Does he eventually ascertain his identity and convince it to the guards?

a. Yes
b. No
c. Not given

14. Knowing a novel front and back also requires being familiar with its geographic placement. For example, the story is set mostly in which mountain region? (Answer the statement without the word "mountains."

a. Gredo
b. Karana
c. Alps
d. Himalayas


15. Ernest Hemingway's works are based on his real encounters and escapades. What was his job in Spain, during the Civil War? This made his descriptions of the nature of the region accurate.

a. Photographer
b. Combat journalist
c. American correspondent
d. Platoon officer

16. Intermittently throughout the book, phrases in actual Spanish show up. This does not include translated Spanish, but actual Spanish words.

a. True
b. False
c. Not given

17. Gertrude Stein once said of Hemingway, Steinbeck, and Fitzgerald-
"You are all a lost generation." Which literary age is implied by Stein's quote and the period 1920-1945?

a. Age of Naturalism
b. Age of Anxiety
c. Age of Disillusionment
d. Age of Realism

18. Pablo commonly tended horses. Of what hue was the horse he "collected" from the cavalry officer who visited Pablo's campsite?


a. White
b. Grey
c. Dark brown
d. Magenta

19. Pablo developed a habit in the novel, which caused other characters to become revolted by him. Which habit or addiction was this?

a. Chewing tobacco
b. Drinking
c. Gambling
d. Drugs

20. The novel "For Whom the Bell Tolls" is primarily portrayed in which of the following points of view?

a. Second person
b. Third person
c. Third person omniscient
d. First person

21. A promotional advertisement hypothetically made a character description- "This big-boned woman, besides assuming control of the group, took envy of the relationship between Robert Jordan and his girlfriend. Don't miss her." Which character?

a. Brett Ashley
b. Maria
c. Pilar
d. Sordo

22. At one point during a fluke snowstorm, Robert Jordan had to go find Anselmo. Why was Anselmo staying out in the snow and not attempting to make his way back to the shelter of the cave himself?

a. Robert Jordan had ordered him to stay put.
b. The enemy Fascists had him held at gunpoint.
c. His leg had accrued frostbite, immobilizing him.
d. Sleep and dehydration overcame him, causing his collapse.

23. "For Whom the Bell Tolls" was published following the Spanish Civil War. By historical account, during which decade did the Spanish Civil War occur?

a. 1950's
b. 1940's
c. 1920's
d. 1930's

24. What is the primary function of flashbacks in the novel?

a. To bring insight into the characters' pasts
b. To describe the origin of Robert Jordan and Maria's love affair
c. To show the actions provoking the war in the first place
d. To expose the imperfections of nature

25. Pablo, during his earlier brutalities for the Republic, went to what inappropriate extreme, something seen even in earlier wars?

a. He brought neighboring France into the war.
b. He infiltrated the Republic, attempting to expose Fascists in the Republic.
c. He executed anyone associated with Fascists, not just Fascists.
d. He took law enforcement into his own hands with interrogations.





                                                               Quiz#6

                                         For whom the bell tolls

1. What is Robert Jordan’s nickname for Maria?

(A) Squirrel
(B) Rabbit
(C) Mouse
(D) Dove

2. Why does Maria have short hair?

(A) Fascists cut it when they pillaged her town
(B) Anarchists cut it while she was in prison
(C) Pilar cut it because short hair was more practical
(D) A hairdresser in Valladolid cut it because Maria wanted to look like Greta Garbo

3. Why does Rafael leave his post guarding the camp?

(A) He takes a nap on the pine needles of the forest floor
(B) He grows bored and takes a walk
(C) He leaves to trap two hares
(D) He has to hide from low-flying enemy planes

4. How did Pilar’s relationship with the toreador Finito end?

(A) Finito left Pilar for Zulma, who was much less ugly than Pilar
(B) Finito died as a result of complications from injuries in a bullfight
(C) Finito was executed by the Fascists in his village
(D) Pilar left Finito for Pablo

5. Which of the following characters does not mention Maria’s physical beauty at some point during the novel?

(A) Robert Jordan
(B) Agustín
(C) Pilar
(D) Pablo

6. How do the guerrilla fighters store their wine?

(A) In hollowed-out animal skins
(B) In barrels made from pine tree trunks
(C) In wine bottles
(D) In large leather flasks

7. What is Andrés’s brother’s name?

(A) Fernando
(B) Primitivo
(C) Eladio
(D) Pilar

8. What does Maria say that prompts Robert Jordan to tell her that he loves her?

(A) That she loves him
(B) That she is pregnant with his baby
(C) That she needs to hear him say it more often
(D) That she should not sleep with him if he does not love her


9. To whom does Pablo whisper affectionately on the night that Robert Jordan arrives at the guerrilla camp?

(A) Maria
(B) Pilar
(C) His horse
(D) Robert Jordan

10. Which members of the guerrilla camp are at least partly of gypsy descent?

(A) Rafael and Pilar
(B) Maria and Pilar
(C) Anselmo and Maria
(D) Pilar and Eladio

11. Approximately how many days do the events of the novel span?

(A) Two
(B) Three
(C) Five
(D) Eight

12. Which characters are referred to as “old”?

(A) Anselmo
(B) Anselmo and Primitivo
(C) Anselmo and Fernando
(D) Anselmo, Primitivo, and Fernando

13. Which member of the guerrilla band stays at his observation post throughout the snowstorm?

(A) Rafael
(B) El Sordo
(C) Andrés
(D) Anselmo

14. How did Kashkin die?

(A) He killed himself
(B) Robert Jordan shot him
(C) Fascists executed him
(D) He was put to death in the Stalinist purges

15. Which of the following characters fights on the Fascist side?

(A) Robert Jordan
(B) Rogelio Gomez
(C) Paco Berrendo
(D) André Marty

16. Who is killed or severely wounded by the explosion at the bridge?

(A) Robert Jordan
(B) Fernando
(C) Anselmo
(D) No one

17. What is la gloria?

(A) The term Andrés uses to describe the excitement he feels when baiting a bull
(B) The term Pilar uses to describe the trance she enters when she reads palms
(C) The term Robert Jordan uses to describe being integrated with the world
(D) The term Maria uses to describe a particular sexual experience

18. Who, to our knowledge, does not pray during the time span of the novel?

(A) Joaquin
(B) Anselmo
(C) Maria
(D) Robert Jordan

19. What does Robert Jordan compare to a merry-go-round?

(A) The cycle of his lovemaking with Maria
(B) The circle of trust between him and Anselmo
(C) The cycle of confrontations between him and Pablo
(D) The cycle of his life at the guerrilla camp

20. Who warns Robert Jordan to take Maria’s love seriously?
(A) Agustín
(B) Fernando
(C) Pilar
(D) Primitivo

21. What is Robert Jordan’s theory about why El Sordo’s camp was attacked?

(A) Pablo betrayed the Republican cause and told the Fascists where they might find El Sordo
(B) El Sordo shot a Fascist cavalryman, and the Fascists followed the tracks that the cavalryman’s horse made to El Sordo’s camp
(C) Because the snow stopped falling earlier than expected, the Fascists were able to follow the tracks that El Sordo’s men left while gathering horses
(D) The Fascist planes spotted El Sordo’s camp from above

22. Why does Anselmo no longer pray if he says he misses it so much?

(A) His traumatic wartime experiences have made him an avowed atheist
(B) He no longer believes in God after hearing of the atrocities of the Holocaust
(C) Scientific discoveries have convinced him that God does not exist
(D) The Republican leadership outlawed religion

23. What was Robert Jordan’s occupation in America?

(A) Teacher
(B) Journalist
(C) Lawyer
(D) Architect

24. During which war does the novel take place?

(A) Spanish-American War
(B) Spanish Civil War
(C) World War I
(D) World War II

25. What happens at the very end of the novel?

(A) The approaching lieutenant kills Robert Jordan
(B) Robert Jordan kills the approaching lieutenant
(C) Robert Jordan waits to shoot the approaching lieutenant
(D) Robert Jordan passes out

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                                                          Answer Key
                                                            Quiz#1
1-True
2-True
3-False
4-True
5-True
6-True
7-False
8-False
9-True
10-True
11-True
12-False
13-True
14-True
15-True
16-False
17-True
18-True
19-True
20-False
21-False
22-True
23-True
24-True
25-False
26-False
27-True
28-True
29-False
30-True
31-True

                                                       Correct Answers

3- Italian
7- Spain
8- The Old Man and the Sea (1952)
12-1923
16- A FAREWELL TO ARMS (1929)
20-1927
21-1927
25- TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT
26-1936

                                                 
                                                      Answer Key
                                                   Quiz#2

1-False
2-False
3-True
4-True
5-True
6-True
7-True
8-True
9-True
10-True
11-False
12-False
13-True
14-True
15-False
16-False
17-False
18-True
19-False
20-True
21-False
22-True
23-False
24-False
25-True
26-True
27-True
28-True
29-False
30-False



                                                       Correct Answers

1- Woman
2- Pillar
11- Colt
12- Anselmo
15- Agustin
16- Russian
17- Bridge
19- Golz
21- Kashkin
23- Barber
24-Lieutenant colonel Miranda
29- Epigraph
30- John Donne

                                                             Answer Key

                                                        Quiz#3

1-b- Robert Jordan
2-a- Robert Jordan
3-d- Sex
4-b- USA
5-b- Internal conflict
6-d- Fascist
7-b- Anti-Fascist
8-d- His military work
9-b- Pablo
10-a- Hemingway
11-d- Horses
12-b- Pablo
13-c- Robert Jordan
14-b- Vilain



                                                       Answer Key
                                                           Quiz#4

1- b. Professor
2- a. Horses
3- c. Pablo
4- c. Russian
5- d. Maria
6- d. Enemy planes
7- d. Pilar
8- d. Victory
9- d. Bull-fighter
10- c. Mayor
11- c. His life
12- b. Her rape by the Fascist soldiers
13- c. Palm reading
14- d. Walks
15- a. Time ticking away on his watch
16- c. He was hunting rabbits
17- c. Deafness
18- b. The inhumanity of war
19- d. All of the above are major themes
20- a. Direct and simple
21- a. Sad
22- a. Apathy and inefficiency
23- c. Pablo
24- a. Maria
25- d. Death



                                                            Answer Key
                                                        Quiz#5
                                                    
1-(c) Dynamiter
2-(a) Spanish women were considered unable to serve in Guerrilla armies
3-"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"*
4- d. All of these answers are correct
5- a. True
6- b. Zero
7- c. The explosion of the bridge
8- b. Anselmo
9- a. Flirtatious female
10- c. It is straightforward, with conversations controlling the tempo of the plot
11- a. The blowing of the bridge will likely claim his life
12- a. Envy
13- a. Yes
14- a. Gredo
15- c. American correspondent
16- a. True
17- c. Age of Disillusionment
18- b. Grey
19- b. Drinking
20- c. Third person omniscient
21- c. Pilar
22- a. Robert Jordan had ordered him to stay put.
23- d. 1930's
24- a. To bring insight into the characters' pasts
25- c. He executed anyone associated with Fascists, not just Fascists


                                                   Answer Key
                                                      Quiz#6

1-(B) Rabbit
2-(A) Fascists cut it when they pillaged her town
3-(C) He leaves to trap two hares
4-(B) Finito died as a result of complications from injuries in a bullfight
5-(D) Pablo
6-(A) In hollowed-out animal skins
7-(B) Primitivo
8-(D) That she should not sleep with him if he does not love her
9-(C) His horse
10-(A) Rafael and Pilar
11-(B) Three
12-(B) Anselmo and Primitivo
13-(D) Anselmo
14-(B) Robert Jordan shot him
15-(C) Paco Berrendo
16-(C) Anselmo
17-(D) The term Maria uses to describe a particular sexual experience
18-(D) Robert Jordan
19-(C) The cycle of confrontations between him and Pablo
20-(A) Agustín
21-(C) Because the snow stopped falling earlier than expected, the Fascists were able to follow the tracks that El Sordo’s men left while gathering horses
22-(D) The Republican leadership outlawed religion
23-(A) Teacher
24-(B) Spanish Civil War
25-(C) Robert Jordan waits to shoot the approaching lieutenant



                   Major Publications Hemingway

·         THREE STORIES AND THREE POEMS, 1923
·         IN OUR TIME, 1924
·         THE TORRENTS OF SPRING, 1926
·         THE SUN ALSO RISES, 1926
·         MEN WITHOUT WOMEN, 1927
·         A FAREWELL TO ARMS, 1929
·         DEATH IN THE AFTERNOON, 1932
·         WINNER TAKE NOTHING, 1933
·         THE GREEN HILLS OF AFRICA, 1935
·         TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT, 1937
·         THE SPANISH WAR, 1938
·         THE SHORT STORIES OF ERNEST HEMINGWAY, 1938
·         FIFTH COLUMN AND THE FIRST FORTY-NINE STORIES, 1938
·         THE SPANISH EARTH, 1938 (film commentary)
·         FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS, 1940
·         THE PORTABLE HMINGWAY, 1942
·         THE ESSENTIAL HEMINGWAY, 1947
·         ACROSS THE RIVER AND INTO THE TREES, 1950
·         THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA, 1952
·         THE HEMINGWAY READER, 1953
·         COMPLETE STORIES, 1954
·         TWO CHRISTMAS TALES, 1958
·         THE WILD YEARS, 1962
·         THREE NOVELS, 1962
·         THE SHORT HAPPY LIFE OF FRANCIS MACOMBER, 1963
·         A MOVEABLE FEAST, 1964
·         THE FIFTH COLUMN AND FOUR STORIES OF THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR, 1969
·         HEMINGWAY'S AFRICAN STORIES, 1969
·         ERNEST HEMINGWAY, CUBA REPORTER: KANSAS CITY STAR STORIES, 1970
·         ISLANDS IN THE STREAM, 1970
·         ERNEST HEMINGWAY'S APPRENTICESHIP: OAK PARK, 1916-1917, 1971
·         THE NICK ADAMS STORIES, 1972
·         THE ENDURING HEMINGWAY, 1974
·         88 POEMS, 1979
·         SELECTED LETTERS, 1917-1961, 1981
·         THE DANGEROUS SUMMER, 1983
·         ERNEST HEMINGWAY ON WRITING, 1984
·         DATELINE: TORONTO, 1985
·         THE GARDEN OF EDEN, 1986
·         THE COMPLETE SHORT STORIES OF ERNEST HEMINGWAY, 1987
·         THE ONLY THING THAT COUNTS: The Ernest Hemingway-Maxwell Perkins Correspondence, 1996 (edited by Matthew J. Bruccoli)
·         TRUE AT FIRST LIGHT, 1999 (edited with an introduction by Patrick Hemingway)
·         UNDER KILIMANJARO, 2005


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