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