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Ernest Hemingway (writer)
  • 1. When did Ernest Hemingway die?
A) 1955
B) 1972
C) 1961
D) 1980
  • 2. What age was Hemingway when he died?
A) 61
B) 68
C) 54
D) 72
  • 3. What was the name of Hemingway's fourth wife at the time of his death?
A) Mary Welsh
B) Hadley Richardson
C) Martha Gellhorn
D) Pauline Pfeiffer
  • 4. What was the title of Hemingway's first novel?
A) The Old Man and the Sea
B) The Sun Also Rises
C) For Whom the Bell Tolls
D) A Farewell to Arms
  • 5. What literary award did Hemingway win in 1954?
A) Nobel Prize in Literature
B) Man Booker Prize
C) Pulitzer Prize
D) National Book Award
  • 6. In which war did Hemingway serve as an ambulance driver?
A) World War I
B) Spanish Civil War
C) World War II
D) Vietnam War
  • 7. What was the title of Hemingway's memoir published posthumously in 1964?
A) Across the River and Into the Trees
B) A Moveable Feast
C) Green Hills of Africa
D) Death in the Afternoon
  • 8. Which of Hemingway's novels is set during the Spanish Civil War?
A) A Farewell to Arms
B) To Have and Have Not
C) For Whom the Bell Tolls
D) The Sun Also Rises
  • 9. In which year was Hemingway awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for 'The Old Man and the Sea'?
A) 1960
B) 1975
C) 1953
D) 1948
  • 10. Which literary movement is Hemingway associated with?
A) Lost Generation
B) Beat Generation
C) Transcendentalism
D) Romanticism
  • 11. What was the title of Hemingway's only full-length play?
A) The Fifth Column
B) The Old Man at the Bridge
C) A Clean Well-Lighted Place
D) The Killers
  • 12. Which Hemingway novel features the character Nick Adams?
A) Across the River and Into the Trees
B) The Garden of Eden
C) In Our Time
D) Islands in the Stream
  • 13. What was Hemingway's profession before becoming a full-time writer?
A) Engineer
B) Soldier
C) Teacher
D) Journalist
  • 14. What was the title of Hemingway's second novel published in 1929?
A) The Sun Also Rises
B) The Old Man and the Sea
C) For Whom the Bell Tolls
D) A Farewell to Arms
  • 15. Which island did Hemingway live on in the 1940s before moving to Idaho?
A) Cuba
B) Jamaica
C) Hawaii
D) Fiji
  • 16. Which of Hemingway's works features the character Santiago?
A) A Farewell to Arms
B) For Whom the Bell Tolls
C) The Old Man and the Sea
D) The Sun Also Rises
  • 17. What was the cause of Hemingway's death?
A) Cancer
B) Heart attack
C) Car accident
D) Suicide
  • 18. Which of Hemingway's sons also died by suicide?
A) Pauline Hemingway
B) Gregory Hemingway
C) Patrick Hemingway
D) Jack Hemingway
  • 19. In which European city was Hemingway born?
A) Vienna, Austria
B) Madrid, Spain
C) Paris, France
D) Oak Park, Illinois
  • 20. Who was Hemingway's first wife?
A) Martha Gellhorn
B) Hadley Richardson
C) Mary Welsh
D) Pauline Pfeiffer
  • 21. Who was depicted as the protagonist in Hemingway's novel 'A Farewell to Arms'?
A) Frederic Henry
B) Jake Barnes
C) Robert Jordan
D) Santiago
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