People
Plot
Symbols
Potpourri
Modernism
100

The first and last name of the main character in In Our Time.

Who is Nick Adams?

100

Term for someone who suffers psychological consequences after a traumatic event

What is PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder)

100

Water in In Our Time

What is life, motion, possibility (rivers)?

Depth--emotional, psychological (still water)?

100
The term for Hemingway's stark writing style

What is the iceberg theory?

100

Style of painting, popularized by Picasso, that Hemingway sought to imitate in In Our Time

What is cubism?

200

The name of the main character in "Soldier's Home."

Who is Harold Krebs?

200

He commits suicide in "Indian Camp"

Who is the Indian woman's husband?

200

The moonlight in "The End of Something"

What is intellect/poetry/femininity?

200

Two characteristics of a Code Hero

What are believe in "Nada;" stoicism; suppression of emotions; living correctly and honorably in the face of death; rejection of conventional views; free will; keeping one's word?

200
Approximate time period for the Modernist Era in the U.S.

What is the late 19th century to the mid-20th century?

300

The name of the prizefighter in "The Battler"

Who is Ad Francis?

300

Name of the town where "The End of Something" takes place

What is Hortons Bay?

300

Ad Francis in "The Battler"

What is a possible path for Nick; product of a chaotic world; another manifestation of PTSD?

300
The term for a word or phrase that has more than one meaning, as in "Soldier's Home"

What is a double-entendre?

300

Two characteristics of modernism

What are "making the ordinary unusual"; rejection of convention; experimental art forms; rejection of religion; lack of moral center?
400

The name of the girlfriend in "The End of Something"

Who is Marjorie?

400

Several of the vignettes in the first part of the book depict a war taking place in these two countries.

What are Greece and Turkey?

400

The brakeman in "The Battler"

What is adversity/"break man"/obstacles?

400

He says, "Her screams are not important.  I don't hear them because they are not important."

Who is the Doctor in "Indian Camp"?

400

Term used to describe Hemingway's generation

What is the Lost Generation?

500

The friend and caretaker of the prizefighter in "The Battler"

Who is Bugs?

500

The subject ("elephant in the room") of the conversation between the "American" and "the girl" in "Hills Like White Elephants"

What is abortion?

500

The train tracks in "The Battler"

What is the trajectory of Nick's life?

500
The "autumn storms" in "The Three-Day Blow" symbolize this

What is the transition from youth to manhood; the end of innocence?

500

This author of The Great Gatsby was a friend of Hemingway's

Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald?