Vocabulary 1
careful judgement
discretion
She was unclasping something from her neck. She put it in my hand. "It's a Saint Anthony".
Catherine Barkley
What is the narrator's name?
Frederic Henry
What is Hemingway's first name?
Ernest
Ordinary, unsurprising
Conventional
putting yourself in the shoes of another; feeling as they do
empathy
"You will come with me to see Miss Barkley."
Rinaldi
What is the narrator's job during the war?
ambulance driver
During which war does the novel take place?
World War I
Doing the right thing; moral
Ethical
of secondary or minor importance
marginal
"I would like you to see Abruzzi and visit my family at Capracotta."
The priest
What are the men doing when the trench mortar hits their dugout in Chapter 9?
Eating
What year was "A Farewell to Arms" published?
1929
Daunting, challenging
Formidable
banter, thoughtless speech
prattle
"There is no finish to a war."
Passini
In chapter 2, which Italian town does the narrator's unit move to?
Gorizia
In which state was Hemingway born?
Illinois
Avoidance
Aversion
outside the main concept
extraneous
"Don't worry. I only write about what a beautiful place we live in and how brave the Italians are."
Miss Ferguson
How many army members died of Cholera? (Chapter 1)
7,000
How many times did Hemingway rewrite the ending to "A Farewell to Arms"?
39 times
To request urgently
Importune