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