- 1. In which year was Ernest Hemingway born?
A) 1915
B) 1920
C) 1905
D) 1899
- 2. Which war influenced Hemingway's writing style significantly?
A) Cold War
B) World War I
C) Civil War
D) Vietnam War
- 3. What is the title of Hemingway's novel that portrays the experience of an American soldier in Italy during WWI?
A) For Whom the Bell Tolls
B) A Farewell to Arms
C) The Old Man and the Sea
D) The Sun Also Rises
- 4. Which Hemingway novel is set in the Spanish Civil War?
A) The Sun Also Rises
B) For Whom the Bell Tolls
C) The Old Man and the Sea
D) A Moveable Feast
- 5. Hemingway won the Nobel Prize in Literature in which year?
A) 1940
B) 1976
C) 1965
D) 1954
- 6. Where was Hemingway living when he wrote 'The Old Man and the Sea'?
A) Haiti
B) Jamaica
C) Dominican Republic
D) Cuba
- 7. Which of Hemingway's works is often cited as a prime example of Hemingway's understated writing style?
A) For Whom the Bell Tolls
B) Hills Like White Elephants
C) The Old Man and the Sea
D) A Moveable Feast
- 8. Where did Hemingway spend time as an ambulance driver during WWI, which later inspired his writing?
A) France
B) Russia
C) Italy
D) Germany
- 9. Which of Hemingway's novels is based on his experiences hunting big game in Africa?
A) The Green Hills of Africa
B) To Have and Have Not
C) Islands in the Stream
D) Across the River and into the Trees
- 10. Which of Hemingway's works takes place during the running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain?
A) For Whom the Bell Tolls
B) A Farewell to Arms
C) The Sun Also Rises
D) The Old Man and the Sea
- 11. What was the occupation of the protagonist in 'The Old Man and the Sea'?
A) Artist
B) Soldier
C) Doctor
D) Fisherman
- 12. What is the title of the unfinished novel published posthumously in 2009 that was written by Hemingway in the 1950s?
A) To Whom the Bell Tolls
B) Islands in the Stream
C) Across the River and into the Trees
D) The Garden of Eden
- 13. What is the nickname of the protagonist in Hemingway's 'The Old Man and the Sea'?
A) Diego
B) Pedro
C) Luis
D) Santiago
- 14. Where did Hemingway spend time writing and socializing with other expatriate writers in the 1920s?
A) Madrid
B) Berlin
C) Paris
D) London
- 15. What is the title of Hemingway's semi-autobiographical novel about his time in Paris during the 1920s?
A) For Whom the Bell Tolls
B) The Sun Also Rises
C) The Old Man and the Sea
D) A Moveable Feast
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