Biography
"Snows of Kilimanjaro"
"The Killers"
"Hills like White Elephants"
"Indian Camp"
100

True or false: Hemingway was served in the Italian army as an ambulance driver during WWII (World War 2) 

What is false

Hemingway did this in WWI (World War 1) 

100

What did Harry wish to be in this story? 

What is a writer

100

What was Ole Anderson's profession? 

What is heavyweight boxing/he was a prizefighter

100

True or false: We learn the name of the man in the story but not the girl

What is false

We learn the girl's (probable) nickname, Jig, and we learn nothing of the man's name. 

100

Name all of the principle characters of "Indian Camp."

Who are Nick Adams, Dr. Adams, George Adams, The Indian Husband, The Indian Wife

200
What nickname was given to the American artists who served in WWI and expatriated afterward? 
What is "The Lost Generation" 
200

What literary device is used when the man remembers past events in his life? 

What is flashback


200
Based on what you know about Max and Al (the villains of this story), what do they symbolize/represent? 

Evil/death/violence

200

What literary device is being used when Jig says the mountains look "like white elephants?"

What is simile

200

What is the plot element that gives the reader information pertaining to the environment and time period called? For instance, the _______ of this story is on an island reservation. 

What is setting 



300
Hemingway lived in what major European city after WWI?

What is Paris

300

The following quote is an example of what literary device? 

"Don't be silly. I'm dying now. Ask those bastards." He looked over to where the huge, filthy birds sat, their naked heads sunk in the hunched feathers. 

What is foreshadowing? 

What is symbolism? 

(points for either) 

300

The belief in the inevitability of an outcome, such as death, suffering, etc. is known as what? 

What is fatalism

300

Hemingway implies throughout this story that Jig is considering getting an abortion, but he never outright says it. This is an example of what Hemingway-specific literary device? 

The Iceberg Theory

300

The husband of the Indian woman most likely kills himself for what reason? 

What is the woman had an affair with George Adams ("Uncle George")

400

Name one other book Hemingway is responsible for writing. 

The Sun Also Rises

For Whom the Bell Tolls

A Farwell to Arms

The Old Man and the Sea

A Moveable Feast 

400

Why is Harry mad at his wife as it relates to his writing? 

What is her wealth made him too comfortable in life to write well 

400

What reason do Max and Ale give for wanting to kill Ole Anderson? 

What is they have simply been hired. They don't know him personally. 

400

The following quote is an example of what literary device? 

"The hills across the valley of the Ebro were long and white. On this side there was no shade and no trees and the station was between two lines of rails in the sun."

Imagery 

400

For Hemingway, what is the unifying aspect of life and death? In other words, what is common in both life and death? 

What is violence/suffering. 

500

What occupation did Hemingway have that had the most influence on his writing style? 

Journalism 

500

The quote "Love is a dunghill" said by Harry is an example of what literary device? 

What is metaphor

500

"The Killers" is a deeply symbolic story. In the narrative, almost every character and event of the story represents something deeper. What literary device (back from our Animal Farm days) is used when the entirety of a narrative is symbolic? 

What is allegory 
500

What does the title "Hills Like White Elephants" symbolize in this story? 

What is Jig's pregnancy. 

500

This literary device is used when Hemingway recounts both the violent birth and violent death in the story. What is this literary device called? HINT: starts with a "J"

What is juxtaposition