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