The Life and Works of Ernest Hemingway Trivia Questions

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  1. This 1952 novella tells the story of Santiago, an aging Cuban fisherman who hooks a giant marlin in the Gulf Stream.

    • A Farewell to Arms
    • The Old Man and the Sea
    • The Sun Also Rises
    • For Whom the Bell Tolls
  2. This European city served as the setting for much of The Sun Also Rises and was home to Hemingway during the 1920s expatriate Lost Generation era.

    • Paris
    • London
    • Rome
    • Madrid
  3. This annual Spanish festival, featuring the running of the bulls in Pamplona, is central to the plot of The Sun Also Rises.

    • La Tomatina
    • Carnival of Cadiz
    • Las Fallas
    • San Fermin
  4. Hemingway won this prestigious literary award in 1954, with the committee citing his mastery of narrative art.

    • Pulitzer Prize
    • Nobel Prize in Literature
    • National Book Award
    • Booker Prize
  5. This 1929 Hemingway novel tells a tragic love story set against the backdrop of World War I and the Italian front.

    • The Sun Also Rises
    • For Whom the Bell Tolls
    • A Farewell to Arms
    • To Have and Have Not
  6. This phrase, coined by Gertrude Stein and popularized by Hemingway, describes the disillusioned generation of writers who came of age during World War I.

    • The Lost Generation
    • The Beat Generation
    • The Jazz Age
    • The Greatest Generation
  7. During World War I, Hemingway served as an ambulance driver for this organization, during which he was wounded in Italy.

    • U.S. Army Medical Corps
    • British Volunteer Ambulance Corps
    • French Foreign Legion
    • American Red Cross
  8. This Florida island city, known for its tropical climate and literary history, was Hemingway's home during the 1930s, where he wrote several major works.

    • Miami Beach
    • Key West
    • Palm Beach
    • Fort Lauderdale

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