Patrick Hemingway - Quiz
Patrick Hemingway
  • 1. What is the title of the book published in 1999 that Patrick Hemingway edited from his father's 'Africa book'?
A) A Moveable Feast
B) Valley of Life: Africa's Great Rift
C) Green Hills of Africa
D) True at First Light
  • 2. When did Ernest Hemingway and his fourth wife Mary go on their East Africa expedition?
A) Late 1953 to early 1954
B) Late 1949 to early 1950
C) Late 1943 to early 1944
D) Late 1959 to early 1960
  • 3. What was one of the purposes of Ernest and Mary Hemingway's East Africa expedition?
A) To write a biography about Patrick
B) To establish a permanent African residence
C) To visit Patrick and his wife
D) To hunt big game exclusively for a museum
  • 4. What unfortunate event happened toward the end of Ernest Hemingway's Africa trip?
A) His safari camp was completely destroyed by a fire
B) He was in two successive plane crashes
C) He lost all his manuscripts in a river
D) He contracted a severe case of malaria
  • 5. What medical issue did Ernest sustain during the plane crashes that went largely undiagnosed until he left Africa?
A) A torn ligament in his knee
B) A broken collarbone
C) A severe head injury
D) A fractured rib
  • 6. Where was the original manuscript of 'True at First Light' housed before Patrick edited it?
A) Library of Congress
B) Ernest Hemingway Foundation Museum
C) British Library
D) John F. Kennedy Library Hemingway Archives
  • 7. How much did Patrick reduce the original 800-page manuscript of 'True at First Light'?
A) He did not reduce the page count
B) Down to half the size
C) Down to a quarter of the size
D) Down to one hundred pages
  • 8. Where does Patrick describe his familiarity with the events of the African expedition?
A) In the foreword to True at First Light
B) In the introduction to Green Hills of Africa
C) In a personal letter to Mary
D) In Dear Papa
  • 9. Whose introduction did Patrick contribute to the 1990 edition of 'Green Hills of Africa'?
A) Mary Hemingway
B) Ernest Hemingway
C) John F. Kennedy
D) An anonymous editor
  • 10. Which book's 1991 edition featured an introduction by Patrick Hemingway?
A) A Farewell to Arms
B) Valley of Life: Africa's Great Rift
C) Hemingway on Hunting
D) True at First Light
  • 11. Which posthumous collection from 2003 contains a foreword written by Patrick?
A) Hemingway on Hunting
B) Green Hills of Africa
C) A Moveable Feast
D) Dear Papa
  • 12. Which 2003 posthumous collection, alongside 'Hemingway on Hunting', features a foreword by Patrick?
A) Valley of Life: Africa's Great Rift
B) True at First Light
C) Dear Papa
D) Hemingway on War
  • 13. What did Patrick write a foreword for in the year 2009?
A) The restored edition of A Moveable Feast
B) The first edition of True at First Light
C) The special edition of A Farewell to Arms
D) The biography of Mary Hemingway
  • 14. For which book's 2012 special edition did Patrick write a personal foreword containing all 47 alternative endings?
A) Green Hills of Africa
B) A Farewell to Arms
C) Hemingway on War
D) A Moveable Feast
  • 15. What is the title of the collection of correspondence published by Patrick in 2022?
A) The Hemingway Family Papers
B) Letters from Africa
C) True Letters
D) Dear Papa
  • 16. What does the book 'Dear Papa' consist of?
A) Publisher notes from the JFK Library
B) Correspondence between Patrick and his father
C) Letters between Ernest and Mary Hemingway
D) Unpublished short stories by Ernest Hemingway
  • 17. Who was Ernest Hemingway's fourth wife, who accompanied him to East Africa?
A) Pauline
B) Mary
C) Hadley
D) Martha
  • 18. What did Ernest Hemingway eventually do with the manuscript of 'True at First Light' in Cuba?
A) Set it aside
B) Published it immediately
C) Burned it
D) Sent it to Patrick to finish alone
  • 19. What literary characteristic describes the blend found within 'True at First Light'?
A) Poetry and prose
B) Comedy and tragedy
C) Mythology and history
D) Fact and fiction
  • 20. When was Patrick Miller Hemingway born?
A) June 28, 1950
B) September 2, 2025
C) September 2, 1963
D) June 28, 1928
  • 21. What was Patrick Hemingway's profession in addition to being a writer?
A) Engineer
B) Architect
C) Doctor
D) Wildlife manager
  • 22. Who was Patrick Hemingway's mother?
A) Pauline Pfeiffer
B) Henrietta Broyles
C) Carol Thompson
D) Martha Gellhorn
  • 23. How many years did Patrick Hemingway live in East Africa?
A) Twenty-five years
B) Ten years
C) Fifty years
D) Twelve years
  • 24. Which university did Patrick Hemingway graduate from in 1950?
A) Canterbury School
B) Harvard University
C) Yale University
D) Stanford University
  • 25. Where was Patrick Hemingway born?
A) Key West, Florida
B) Bozeman, Montana
C) Kansas City, Missouri
D) New Milford, Connecticut
  • 26. Who did Ernest Hemingway marry after divorcing Patrick's mother?
A) Henrietta Broyles
B) Pauline Pfeiffer
C) Carol Thompson
D) Martha Gellhorn
  • 27. Which school did Patrick graduate from in 1946 before attending university?
A) Harvard University
B) Stanford University
C) Mweka Wildlife College
D) Canterbury School
  • 28. What was the name of Ernest Hemingway's boat that Patrick helped crew to hunt for German U-boats?
A) Dar-es-Salaam
B) Tanganyika
C) Pilar
D) Key West
  • 29. Who was Patrick Hemingway's first wife?
A) Martha Gellhorn
B) Carol Thompson
C) Pauline Pfeiffer
D) Henrietta Broyles
  • 30. Who was Patrick Hemingway's second wife?
A) Martha Gellhorn
B) Carol Thompson
C) Pauline Pfeiffer
D) Henrietta Broyles
  • 31. In which city did Patrick Hemingway die?
A) Key West, Florida
B) Kansas City, Missouri
C) Bozeman, Montana
D) Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
  • 32. How old was Patrick Hemingway when he died?
A) 85
B) 50
C) 97
D) 100
  • 33. What did Patrick study at his mother's plantation in Piggott, Arkansas?
A) Fine Arts
B) Agriculture
C) Literature
D) History
  • 34. What was the name of the safari business Patrick started in 1955 near Mount Kilimanjaro?
A) Tanganyika Safari Business
B) Bozeman Safari Adventures
C) Pilar Safari Company
D) Mweka Wildlife Enterprise
  • 35. Which international organization appointed Hemingway to teach conservation and wildlife in Tanzania?
A) UNESCO
B) United Nations
C) Red Cross
D) World Health Organization
  • 36. For how many years did Patrick teach conservation at the College of African Wildlife Management?
A) 5 years
B) 10 years
C) 25 years
D) 12 years
  • 37. In what year did Ernest Hemingway die?
A) 1963
B) 1950
C) 1961
D) 1999
  • 38. In what year did Patrick's first wife Henrietta die?
A) 1961
B) 1963
C) 1950
D) 1975
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