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

He was the second of six children of a physician father and a musician mother.

Q 02/05

For which newspaper did Hemingway work as a cub reporter for six months after high school?

A) The New York Herald

B) The Chicago Tribune

C) The Toronto Star

D) The Kansas City Star

Answer · why

D) The Kansas City Star

Its style sheet, with its short sentences and vigorous English, shaped his prose for life.

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) Fighter pilot

Answer · why

C) Red Cross ambulance driver

He was seriously wounded by shrapnel in 1918 and decorated by Italy for helping soldiers to safety despite his injuries.

Q 04/05

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

A) Agnes von Kurowsky

B) Hadley Richardson

C) Catherine Barkley

D) Adriana Ivancich

Answer · why

A) Agnes von Kurowsky

The romance fed into A Farewell to Arms.

Q 05/05

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

A) The Kansas City Star

B) The Toronto Star

C) The Chicago Daily News

D) The Boston Globe

Answer · why

B) The Toronto Star

There Gertrude Stein became his mentor and godmother to his son, and introduced him to the 'Lost Generation'.