Q 01/05

In which Chicago suburb was Ernest Hemingway born in 1899?

A) Evanston

B) Oak Park

C) Naperville

D) Wheaton

Answer · why

B) Oak Park

Oak Park was still part of the town of Cicero when he was born there, and it only broke away to become a village of its own in 1902.

Q 02/05

For which newspaper did Hemingway work as a cub reporter right after high school?

A) The New York Herald

B) The Chicago Tribune

C) The St. Louis Post-Dispatch

D) The Kansas City Star

Answer · why

D) The Kansas City Star

The Kansas City Star's style guide demanded short sentences and vigorous English, and Hemingway said the paper forced him to learn to write a simple d...

Q 03/05

In what role did Hemingway serve on the Italian front in World War I?

A) War correspondent

B) Infantry lieutenant

C) Red Cross ambulance driver

D) Italian army interpreter

Answer · why

C) Red Cross ambulance driver

Red Cross ambulance driver was his role, and on July 8, 1918, not yet 19, he was badly wounded at Fossalta di Piave and decorated by Italy for heroism...

Q 04/05

Which Red Cross nurse, seven years his senior, did the wounded Hemingway fall for?

A) Agnes von Kurowsky

B) Duff Twysden

C) Jane Mason

D) Elsie Macdonald

Answer · why

A) Agnes von Kurowsky

Agnes von Kurowsky nursed him at the American Red Cross hospital in Milan in 1918; she ended the romance by letter in 1919, and the episode fed A Fare...

Q 05/05

Hemingway moved to Paris in 1921 as a foreign correspondent for which newspaper?

A) The New York Times

B) The Toronto Star

C) The Chicago Daily News

D) The Boston Globe

Answer · why

B) The Toronto Star

The Toronto Star also sent its young correspondent far beyond Paris, including to report on the upheaval in Greece and Turkey in 1922.